credentials
Example Sentences
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NYU’s School of Professional Studies sees thousands of students who enroll into continuing-education programs for credentials, said Angie Kamath, the school’s dean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
"To be clear, Bluesky's systems were not breached. Individual user accounts were compromised, likely via credentials leaked in data breaches."
From Barron's • May 29, 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
Its relative shapelessness, along with its use of a ghostwriter, doesn’t bolster her literary credentials, but its existence points to Monroe’s ambition to have them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
His academic credentials got him into Yale Law School, but his heart was still connected to all the brokenness his years on the street had shown him.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing credentials
I Am Malala
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The Son of Neptune
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