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[kred-it] / ˈkrɛd ɪt /








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The third investigation followed the downgrading of South East Water's credit rating by Moody's in May, which meant the firm was in breach of its licence condition.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

“Yield-sensitive investors” such as pension funds and insurers are “paying a premium for longer-duration bonds,” says Yuri Seliger, credit strategist at BofA Global Research.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

“He’s got credit in the bank,” added former World Cup goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, another Fox analyst.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Warsh has to tame excess inflation — ruling out near-term rate reductions — and ideally avoid steep rate increases that make credit even more costly to obtain.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Whoever sold him a credit default swap on a subprime mortgage bond would one day owe him a great deal of money.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

By the time Jurassic Park came out, Neill was 43 years old and already had a string of screen credits under his belt.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Storage Sale: Across Silicon Valley, startup founders are enjoying a wave of computing credits and fielding competing offers from AI-model makers racing to land new enterprise customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The new Meta Model API offers every account $20 in free credits paired with a pay-as-you-go rate of $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

The student sleuths include Hannah Metcalf, a senior, who has already taken the course and wanted back in regardless of credits; her gifts as a forensic detective seem pretty advanced, but she’s a natural.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

But when the auction finally ended, the tablet wound up selling to the Sixers for almost two million credits.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

He has credited extensive physical rehabilitation and a protective mother with making sure he could walk again.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

After losing both parents while attending college, he became the legal guardian of his younger sister, an experience he often credited with shaping his sense of responsibility and public service.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

British architect Edwin Lutyens was credited with blending European styles and Indian architectural motifs in the new imperial capital, which was inaugurated in 1931.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Debra Duardo noted that an independent evaluation team credited the district with meeting 153 standards in key areas: student achievement; community relations and governance; and management of finances, personnel and facilities.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

A movement began to deny Howard the purse money or prevent it from being officially credited to Seabiscuit.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

A recent social media video shows Portuguese fans similarly collecting rubbish from the stands with large plastic bags, with many social media users crediting the Japanese with starting this trend.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

The 2nd Circuit relied on the long-familiar Mathews test here, crediting the government’s concerns about flight risks, but ultimately ruling in favor of requiring a bond hearing given the length of Black’s and G.M.’s detentions.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2026

President Trump announced he would remove tariffs on whisky from the United Kingdom, crediting King Charles III for persuading him.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

Actually, crediting the Kings with playing playoff hockey isn’t necessarily a compliment since the team hasn’t won a postseason series since hoisting the Stanley Cup in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

Therefore, being imaginative and a woman, Heraia had no difficulty in crediting Kabir's words, and she also understood Charmides' present mood as none of the others could.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton




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