credential
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Users were targeted by a so-called "credential stuffing" attack in which hackers used passwords exposed in previous breaches to access 23andMe accounts for which people had used similar credentials.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Master’s degree programs increased 69% to over 33,500 between 2005 and 2021, diluting the value of the credential.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Local 99 represents more than 30,000 employees without a teaching credential, including teacher aides, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, computer techs, custodians and gardeners.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Attia’s MD credential appears on the cover of Outlive, but the book does not draw much on the traditional medical training that he did receive.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026
Lots of people work hard at skilled jobs but lack something—a degree, a credential, sometimes a union card—that would give them better pay and more job security.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Vocabulary lists containing credential
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