bona fide

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If you contributed to the original purchase and have been a bona fide co-owner since the acquisition, that history could affect the outcome.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

But the contracts now trading on Kalshi represent the first bona fide perpetual futures available to be traded in the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Released last June, “KPop Demon Hunters” is a bona fide global sensation, a status that not even Netflix, its distributor, anticipated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

By not actually addressing the elephant in the room, “Michael” makes its subject look like a bona fide creep.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Rosaleen came home, a bona fide registered voter in the United States of America.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd