as in sincerity
the quality of being believed or accepted as true, real, or honest
The new evidence lends credibility to their theory. The scandal damaged her credibility as an honest politician. They doubted the credibility of the witness's story.
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Recent Examples of credibility
These services are a powerful way for small businesses to boost their credibility, increase sales, and better compete in an increasingly digital marketplace.
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
The incidents turned a once-obscure agency with bipartisan credibility into a conservative bogeyman.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
The weekly exercise sets up the committee for failure and undermines its credibility when the final Top 25 — the only ranking that matters — is unveiled after conference championship games.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Regrettably, Amnesty International, once a storied human rights organization, has lost all credibility, becoming nothing more than a propaganda mouthpiece for the murderers and rapists of Hamas.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
The incidents turned a once-obscure agency with bipartisan credibility into a conservative bogeyman.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
The weekly exercise sets up the committee for failure and undermines its credibility when the final Top 25 — the only ranking that matters — is unveiled after conference championship games.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Regrettably, Amnesty International, once a storied human rights organization, has lost all credibility, becoming nothing more than a propaganda mouthpiece for the murderers and rapists of Hamas.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for credibility
Recent Examples of Synonyms for credibility
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There are reasons to doubt the sincerity of HTS’s moderate turn.Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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Bringing them coffee and breakfast in bed is a good way to start, but rubbing their feet at the end of the day and listening to their war stories from work proves your sincerity.Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Human teams can improve the reliability of specific knowledge agents by refining data sources and prompts.Michael Wegmüller, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The service changes should also improve TARC's reliability and on-time performance, TARC Executive Director Ozzy Gibson said in the release.Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
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To preserve this unique part of the Mini’s story, Tolman replaced the can with a stronger version to ensure mechanical integrity.Trinity Francis, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Some fabrics, like stretchy elastane and nylon, can retain bacteria and sweat—and, thus, need to be laundered more frequently to prevent odors and preserve the integrity of the material.Emily Chan, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2024
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Today’s difficulty The difficulty score is an average rating from our testers, who play the game in advance to check for quality and accuracy.Mark Cooper, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Indeed, a scholar at West Point, assessing the Israeli programs, observed that more information could make for greater accuracy.Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Yet the balance Dead to Me struck was fragile; if the plot could get cartoonish, then the connection between the two leads, Cardellini and Christina Applegate, and the plausibility of their characters’ bond helped suspend disbelief.Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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But the plausibility of this subplot is cursed by a clunkiness that recalls the more unbelievable moments of F. Gary Gray’s Heist.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Credibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credibility. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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