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creditable

[kred-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈkrɛd ɪ tə bəl /


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The portrait Mr. Devine paints of Mr. Sanders is sympathetic and mostly creditable on a personal level.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Arsenal will return to Emirates Stadium next week with a creditable 1-1 draw from their first leg at Atletico Madrid - but that does not tell even half the story.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Though the ratio isn’t a perfect predictor of the stock market’s subsequent 12-month return, it has done a creditable job since 2014.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

That task finally fell to Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who went 0.73sec ahead of the Austrian who finished up a creditable 11th.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

All this history seems both plausible and creditable, good reading for doctors, but there is always that other leech, the worm.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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