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credential

[kri-den-shuhl] / krɪˈdɛn ʃəl /








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Mr. Morell, who has a press credential, denied touching the aide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Klein similarly reported that her credential had been deactivated, while Politico said Haslett’s badge was confiscated.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

This is what the hubbub about the meaning of a college degree misses: A degree is more than a credential achieved by completing homework assignments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

I plan to pursue the Enrolled Agent credential.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Eric Epps had made good on his promise to find employment for his brother-in-law Jimmy Goble, who had traded his teaching credential for a painters job at the Newport News shipyard.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Capitol hosted by a top Democratic lawmaker and restricted to credentialed media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Open, where the number of credentialed content creators has doubled from last year.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

A traditional "family photo" of officials was taken Monday without Siluanov, and away from credentialed media, as European officials declined to appear in a picture with their Russian counterpart.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

A Tribeca spokesperson said Savetsky was not in the film and was not credentialed by the festival, but was invited to the premiere by the film team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Identification card: An applicant requesting relief would be referred to a credentialed volunteer relief committee.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster

Money in a 529 plan can now pay for more than K-12 tuition, including books, tutoring and test fees, and it can pay for postsecondary credentialing programs in addition to higher education.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

In 2025 the AMA earned $340 million from royalties and credentialing products—nearly two-thirds of its revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The tax bill also expands eligible expenses to include credentialing and licensing programs such coursework or tests to become a fitness trainer, a certified public accountant, or a lawyer.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

He posted a list on X of what he called “press credentialing FOR DUMMIES: Press no longer roams free Press must wear visible badge Credentialed press no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts.”

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025

Pavri said 14 more CSU campuses are in the process of developing PK-3 credentialing programs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024

But he still believed in creating literary projects unencumbered by the traditional press and its credentialled demands.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019

More than two hundred thousand people applied for one of the sixteen spots on Season 1, and throughout the show’s early years the candidates were conspicuously credentialled and impressive.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 27, 2018

The oracular voice of authority is being drowned out by the aggregated voice of the Everyman, the credentialled scholar dethroned by the anonymous Wikipedia contributor.

From Economist ● Apr. 14, 2016

They were credentialled, like Lord Martin Rees, an astrophysicist and the co-founder of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 23, 2015

Trying to save the crew was all that kept me credentialled.

From Nature ● Sep. 4, 2013

Following Friday's ruling, the PPA said in a statement to CBS News that it "celebrates the decision by a federal judge today that the Pentagon's press credentialling policy violated the US Constitution".

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

The problem was that those with power were the ones determining how much credentialling was sufficient, making young people feel that they needed a degree, no matter the cost.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019


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