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bona fides

[boh-nuh fahy-deez, boh-nuh-fahydz, boh-nah fee-des] / ˈboʊ nə ˈfaɪ diz, ˈboʊ nəˌfaɪdz, ˈboʊ nɑ ˈfi dɛs /




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“There’ll obviously be more later, but we were selected to be the first company to do that due to the bona fides of Uforce.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

For older voters, he has Kennedy bona fides.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

I asked Schenck whether he thought Suozzi used living at C Street to establish his bona fides with a minister known then as a right-wing evangelical.

From Salon May 29, 2026

Recently, before SpaceX announced it was listing on Nasdaq, Friedman shared her space bona fides with me: “When I grew up, for a while I wanted to be an astronaut,” she said.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

More groups meant more opportunities for women to get closer to the research and establish their bona fides.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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