credible explanation

collocation in English

meaningsofcredibleandexplanation

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credible
adjective
uk
/ˈkred.ə.bəl/us
/ˈkred.ə.bəl/
able to be believed ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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(Definition ofcredibleandexplanationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Although both of these explanations therefore have serious drawbacks, no othercredibleexplanationhas emerged.
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In the absence of acredibleexplanationthe public must form their own conclusion.
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However bizarre the behaviour may have been, if there is acredibleexplanation, that will be taken into account, and so it should be.
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I do not believe that such views are grounded in acredibleexplanationor analysis of the problem.
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He failed repeatedly to offer anycredibleexplanation.
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The onlycredibleexplanationis that, like the poll tax, its pursuit has been ordered from on high.
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If acredibleexplanationis forthcoming, applicants may considerably enhance the strength of their claim to asylum.
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This is the one and onlycredibleexplanationof what has been called the marzipan-period of architecture.
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Nocredibleexplanationfor this premium has yet been given.
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I can think of no othercredibleexplanation!
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She gave nocredibleexplanationof why they could not be reformed and kept in an improved state.
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There is no othercredibleexplanation.
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That is not acredibleexplanation.
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