credential
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Francis is Hegseth’s military assistant—and that’s his key credential as far as the self-named “secretary of war” is concerned.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
“Businesses, particularly those that collect and maintain sensitive personal and genetic data, can and should know to guard against” credential stuffing, the attorney general’s release said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Users were targeted by a so-called "credential stuffing" attack in which hackers used passwords exposed in previous breaches to access 23andMe accounts for which people had used similar credentials.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Master’s degree programs increased 69% to over 33,500 between 2005 and 2021, diluting the value of the credential.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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
Vocabulary lists containing credential
Believe It or Not: Cred
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The Things They Carried
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