creditable
Americanadjective
adjective
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deserving credit, honour, etc; praiseworthy
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obsolete credible
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Mr. Benet, a singer-songwriter making a creditable Broadway debut, has a supple and strong voice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 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
Hadjar retired from the race with an engine failure and Verstappen recovered to a creditable sixth.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 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
“Anything creditable that I do is due to Mr. Elijah Muhammad.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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