creditable
adjective
cred·it·able
ˈkre-di-tə-bəl 
1
: worthy of belief
a creditable report
2
: sufficiently good to bring esteem or praise
a creditable performance
3
: worthy of commercial credit
4
: capable of being assigned
Examples of creditable in a Sentence
a creditable effort, even if it didn't succeed completely
let's look for a scientifically creditable explanation before going off into the realm of the supernatural
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Fortunately, Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups have made creditable efforts in recent years to paint a more detailed picture of peace.
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Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
The Raider does give you a creditable six-speaker system for audio output, comprising two woofers and four tweeters.
—Mark Coppock, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
Encouragingly for Wolves, his rating for one-on-one defending is creditable — in the 73rd percentile.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Those who go more than 63 days without creditable prescription drug coverage pay a penalty for the life of Part D coverage.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
The Raider does give you a creditable six-speaker system for audio output, comprising two woofers and four tweeters.
—Mark Coppock, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
Encouragingly for Wolves, his rating for one-on-one defending is creditable — in the 73rd percentile.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Those who go more than 63 days without creditable prescription drug coverage pay a penalty for the life of Part D coverage.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Creditable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creditable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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