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[kri-den-shuhl] / krɪˈdɛn ʃəl /








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Politico reported that one of its journalists had a credential confiscated by Secret Service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Klein similarly reported that her credential had been deactivated, while Politico said Haslett’s badge was confiscated.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

I plan to pursue the Enrolled Agent credential.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Paper value once managed is seen as a sort of credential.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Claytor, who earned a PhD in math from the University of Pennsylvania in 1933, was only the third Negro in the country to obtain the credential.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Open, where the number of credentialed content creators has doubled from last year.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

A traditional "family photo" of officials was taken Monday without Siluanov, and away from credentialed media, as European officials declined to appear in a picture with their Russian counterpart.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

A Tribeca spokesperson said Savetsky was not in the film and was not credentialed by the festival, but was invited to the premiere by the film team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

A judge earlier ruled that key elements of a prior press policy, which allowed some credentialed journalists to access the Pentagon, were unconstitutional.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Identification card: An applicant requesting relief would be referred to a credentialed volunteer relief committee.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster

Officials said the convoy began to move into the base before the credentialing process had been completed, and confirmed the journalists had been invited into the base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The credentialing process alone can take up to six months, Blau said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

North Carolina’s AI Academy at NC State, built with more than 100 corporate partners, combines university credentialing with applied workplace training.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

The tax bill also expands eligible expenses to include credentialing and licensing programs such coursework or tests to become a fitness trainer, a certified public accountant, or a lawyer.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

He posted a list on X of what he called “press credentialing FOR DUMMIES: Press no longer roams free Press must wear visible badge Credentialed press no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts.”

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025

As we chopped up the vegetables in a light rain, we talked about all the things we had discussed in his office—John Brown, labor movements, the need to break away from credentialled society.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019

Compared with “live scribing,” this system is purportedly more accurate—since the scribes tend to be fully credentialled doctors, not aspiring med students—for the same price or cheaper.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2018

The oracular voice of authority is being drowned out by the aggregated voice of the Everyman, the credentialled scholar dethroned by the anonymous Wikipedia contributor.

From Economist ● Apr. 14, 2016

They were credentialled, like Lord Martin Rees, an astrophysicist and the co-founder of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 23, 2015

Trying to save the crew was all that kept me credentialled.

From Nature ● Sep. 4, 2013

Following Friday's ruling, the PPA said in a statement to CBS News that it "celebrates the decision by a federal judge today that the Pentagon's press credentialling policy violated the US Constitution".

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

The problem was that those with power were the ones determining how much credentialling was sufficient, making young people feel that they needed a degree, no matter the cost.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019




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