bona fides
Example Sentences
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Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh could improve his inflation-fighting bona fides by raising short-term rates by 25 basis points.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
“There’ll obviously be more later, but we were selected to be the first company to do that due to the bona fides of Uforce.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Instead, Lodge, who goes by Cabot, picked up an HP-12C financial calculator and never looked back, perhaps with an eye to resurrecting the family’s business bona fides.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
For older voters, he has Kennedy bona fides.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Hence it’s not surprising that climbers are typically wary of joining forces with those whose bona fides are unknown to them.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
