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accredit

[uh-kred-it] / əˈkrɛd ɪt /
VERB
attribute responsibility or achievement
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Last year, Florida and five other states established the Commission for Public Higher Education to accredit their public university systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Vienna has so far refused to accredit Taliban-appointed diplomats, although the Austrian government has held direct talks with Taliban authorities over deportations this year.

From Barron's Oct. 31, 2025

But scores more accredit Piker for either their radicalization or their de-radicalization.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2025

This was the first national election where an electronic device had been used to accredit voters.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2023

That further study may accredit as facts, or at least as founded on facts, some other marvels in that record cannot, except by arrant dogmatism, be pronounced improbable.

From Miracles and Supernatural Religion by Whiton, James Morris

For years, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which accredits M.D.-granting programs, required medical schools to establish programs “aimed at achieving diversity.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Social Work England, which accredits these courses, clearly states the curriculum should be updated to reflect the law.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2024

High rates of restraining psychiatric inpatients do not automatically spur any action by federal authorities, California hospital regulators or the Joint Commission, a nonprofit agency that accredits L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2023

Along with endemic staff shortages, this led to a warning from The Joint Commission, a national nonprofit organization that accredits health institutions.

From Seattle Times May 15, 2023

If your name gives no real value to a piece of paper, yet accredits it in the eyes of others, it is wrong for you to place your endorsement thereon.

From The Allen House by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

We also need a new category of healthcare professionals with graduate degrees obtained from accredited universities and institutes and whose training is centered on healthy longevity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

There are also more than 4,000 journalists accredited from 80 nationalities.

From Barron's Jun. 6, 2026

However, in 2023 contracts were amended addressing that transit costs would be too high to require free rides, stating “match ticket holders and accredited individuals shall be able to access transport at cost.”

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

An overall score of at least 70% will be required to be accredited, with the Department for Transport able to require operators that fall below that to implement an improvement plan.

From BBC May 21, 2026

Unfortunately, the school had no accredited sulking program and I dropped out, more despondent than ever.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

EAC also oversees the federal testing and certification program for voting systems, accrediting labs and certifying whether machines meet federal standards known as the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Many institutional accreditors oversee colleges and universities nationwide, and many state teacher licensing authorities recognize multiple accrediting bodies for training programs.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

Film School violated federal employment requirements and accrediting standards.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2025

The trust said it was accrediting other providers for GPs to send referrals to.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2024

To Kulbash himself Atlee had letters accrediting him as the trusted and confidential agent of Lord Danesbury, and with the Pasha, Joe was instructed to treat with an air and bearing of unlimited trustfulness.

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James




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