bona fides
Example Sentences
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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
Bloom’s first foray into crime fiction nails the genre’s conventions while her bona fides as a recently retired professor of English and psychotherapist in mid-state Connecticut make this book resonate as spot-on, hilarious truth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
She’s seen it happen to others and is proactively trying to prove her human bona fides.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
His achievements have helped struggling Californians live in an increasingly unaffordable state and given him bona fides to tout to voters if he launches a bid for the White House.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
Hence it’s not surprising that climbers are typically wary of joining forces with those whose bona fides are unknown to them.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
