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[kred-it] / ˈkrɛd ɪt /








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Not long after, he said, Chase canceled two of his credit cards citing points abuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

This could potentially weigh on risk assets, widen credit spreads, and push implied volatility higher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

When credit spreads widen, implied volatility in the equity market tends to rise.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

“I have good credit, but thank God they only approved $35,000,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The dealers—led by Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs—came up with a clever solution: the pay-as-you-go credit default swap.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The AI Biosecurity Lab's creation will also be supported by leading AI developers, with OpenAI and Anthropic providing £200m worth of AI model credits that can be spent on the use of their models.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The show credits every collaborator for each work, acknowledging the expertise and skill that goes into turning artists’ visions into reality, and recognizing that the papermill’s artisans are artists in their own right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

EV demand in the U.S. cratered following the end of incentive credits last year, leading Tesla to recapture most of the American EV market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

If you win a bet on a Warcross match, you win game credits called notes.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

He credited the experience and dedication of the Wave Neuroscience team with helping make that accelerated progress possible.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

Carlos Ochoa, better known to his 2 million TikTok followers as Laundromat Money, is credited with kick-starting the online trend five years ago when he was the fledgling owner of a Visalia, Calif., laundromat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

I’d really had very little to do with it, seriously, but Blackjack credited me with saving him.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

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

Travis Kalanick, the ousted founder of Uber, resurfaced publicly this year, crediting that very dynamic as he pushed his newest AI-focused startup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Things have since quietened, she says, crediting patrols by the army and government-backed vigilantes, but the atmosphere is still tense.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

"As a what?" the Professor asked, not crediting his ears.

From Saint Michael A Romance by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner


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