bona fides
Example Sentences
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Warsh’s tough inflation talk has already established his bona fides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Peluso further bolstered her salsa bona fides when she teamed up with a pair of Caribbean music legends over the last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
And all were endorsed by Zohran Mamdani, the city’s Democratic Socialist mayor, burnishing his kingmaker bona fides.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Oracle has been on both sides of the AI trade, with investors debating its cloud-versus-software bona fides.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The first describes the way a speaker establishes—both overtly and more subtly—his bona fides as a speaker and his connection with the audience.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
