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[kred-it] / ˈkrɛd ɪt /








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In the opening scenes, Mr. Turturro’s Harry relieves a rich Wall Street type of his wallet only to discover it contains, along with lots of useless platinum credit cards, exactly zero cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

And credit must be due to Underwood for pulling off an undertaking where any little slip would be pounced on by critics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Brook probably does not get enough credit for making such a decision.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Right now, credit cards are charging around 22%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

In October 2005, in his letter to investors, Burry finally came completely clean and let them know that they owned at least a billion dollars in credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Throughout his career, which spanned from the early 1960s to the years right before his death, Skerritt earned more than 170 film credits across television and film, according to his IMDb page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Shane Clifford, Carlyle’s head of global wealth, credits the partnership with expanding existing relationships with clients and helping win new business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

He credits the many people who cared about him for helping him piece his life back together.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

DoorDash offers some consumers several dollars in credits if they submit a photo of their food that can be used for the online menu.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

By the time the final credits rolled on the old movie, we were more than ready for bed.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

There was a moment where it was credited to AI “artists.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

SpaceX credited new cloud services agreements, wider adoption of its Grok chatbot and its acquisition of Cursor, an artificial intelligence coding startup.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The technique that led detectives to Zigler is credited with revolutionising how forensic cases are solved.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Across campus, he credited staff and faculty with “stepping up, asking how can we do more with less.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Having direct knowledge of the Lyceum, he probably helped design arrangements in the Museum; he is credited with urging Ptolemy I to purchase and/or copy books in vast numbers for the Library.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Being a leader means crediting others when things go well, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Kessler deflected his success, crediting the play of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

On Monday, Washington posted a tribute to comedian Reggie McFadden, crediting the “In Living Color” actor with introducing him to his wife more than 30 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

WPP shares surged after the advertising group said its key top-line metric fell less sharply last quarter, with CEO Cindy Rose crediting her turnaround plan with driving a run of account wins, Adrià Calatayud writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

As a reasonable being I cannot believe the one without crediting the other, or reject only one of the two.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman


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