bona fides

Example Sentences

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“When you’re looking at the field right now, most people don’t know” much about the candidates in the crowded race despite their political bona fides.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, the pretrial rulings of federal district courts have reached contradictory conclusions on the bona fides of sports event contracts.

From Barron's

And when it comes to rock ‘n’ roll bona fides, Wings holds an embarrassment of riches.

From Salon

Taken away by the police, she is in the nightmarish position, familiar to anyone who has been the victim of identity theft, of being unable to prove her bona fides: Her name is not in the phone book, and her bank denies knowing anything about her.

From The Wall Street Journal

In other words, there are simply not many other Times columnists with the bona fides necessary to induce a shockingly candid Peter Thiel into admitting that he might be less committed to the survival of the human race than the rest of us are.

From Slate