credentials

Example Sentences

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Mr. Ferrer establishes his familial credentials, naming himself as “the one person” his mother told everything to, “the one who saw what she was really like behind closed doors.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“Touring Europe keeps their fans buzzing, boosts their brand street credentials, and lines their pockets with sponsorships and merch sales and even sometimes better grossing tours than in the U.S.,” they wrote.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

But the prize was a fiction, as was the body that supposedly awarded it, the International Society of Philology - both apparently dreamed up by Montaclair to burnish his academic credentials.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

In many Latin American countries, a public notary is the equivalent of a lawyer, and notario fraudsters rely on this mistranslation to fake credentials.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

He showed his credentials and, though a few eyebrows were raised, only minutes later the scrappy fourteen-year- old was escorted out of class and stood in front of him.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan