credibility

He said that if someone is not telling the truth, then no matter how many individuals are told something "it does not lend the lie any more credibility".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Moss said he has been a “leader on some of these consequential fights in Michigan, from gun safety to voting rights—lent me a lot of credibility as somebody who took on progressive issues.”

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

The defense attorney, in an unusual move, repeatedly undermined his own client’s credibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The suspension of counting risked "the credibility of the process and the confidence of voters", said Botswana's former president Mokgweetsi Masisi.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Ralph staked his credibility on Molly’s behavior; he worked hard to persuade Dina that a sweet kid was hiding under that fierce hair and makeup.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

So when bargaining with the sharks consider both the static and the dynamic game, and the value of their relative credibilities to them.

From Forbes ● Nov. 15, 2014

No matter who is winning whatever conflict is now going on on the Mongolian-Manchukuoan border, the credibilities of the world's newspaper readers are taking a terrific beating.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sallust would no doubt have put anything into Catiline's mouth which would suit his own purpose; but it was necessary for his purpose that he should confine himself to credibilities.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Anthony Trollope