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

For purists, EVs are a textbook case of bona fide demand destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

He calls himself “a bona fide nerd about Route 66.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

“That’s what you are! Crazy!” “—immense. I’m a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I’m a bona fide supraman.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller