bona fides

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Instead, Lodge, who goes by Cabot, picked up an HP-12C financial calculator and never looked back, perhaps with an eye to resurrecting the family’s business bona fides.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 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

And true to Roxy’s style bona fides, the board shorts looked good enough to pair with a T-shirt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

I could not, and no longer did, question the bona fides of such men and women.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela