creditability

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But once you settle into the job of deputy director of the FBI, with oaths and the need to maintain creditability among staff and support the institution, the responsibilities become kind of a drag.

From Slate • May 24, 2025

Mr. Dam was named interim president, charged with imposing financial oversight over the group to restore its creditability.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2022

Pauly has authored numerous papers about the global decline in fish stocks that have been attacked by Hilborn as lacking creditability.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2016

Early on, one of the things I did was to get an MBA so that I would be more familiar with business disciplines and have the creditability that comes with that degree. 

From Forbes • Apr. 29, 2013

This action cost Dunmore his creditability and destroyed his reputation among the colonists.

From The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 by Virginia. History, Government, and Geography Service