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credential

[kri-den-shuhl] / krɪˈdɛn ʃəl /








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But I couldn’t connect with the campaigns to get a press credential.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

The credential level with the most borrowers enrolled in failing programs is undergraduate certificates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

There are so many ethical dilemmas in high school sports that earning a teaching credential or gaining life experiences from participating in sports won’t always provide a clear path on how to proceed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Mr. Morell, who has a press credential, denied touching the aide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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

Upon arriving in Washington, Revels found his credentials challenged by Democratic senators from Maryland, Delaware, and Kentucky.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Some have involved data theft, but in many cases, the hackers targeted online credentials called API keys that are then being used to illicitly access American AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, uncertainty also looms over Gibran, Jokowi's son, who is mired in a growing controversy over the validity of his high school credentials, a pre-requisite to run for vice presidency.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Verify an adviser’s credentials and make sure you understand an investment before committing money, even a small amount.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

It was Bruce Herrod, the amiable thirty-seven-year-old deputy leader of the South African team, and the sole remaining member of that expedition with real mountaineering credentials.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Open, where the number of credentialed content creators has doubled from last year.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

A traditional "family photo" of officials was taken Monday without Siluanov, and away from credentialed media, as European officials declined to appear in a picture with their Russian counterpart.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

A Tribeca spokesperson said Savetsky was not in the film and was not credentialed by the festival, but was invited to the premiere by the film team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

As part of a highly credentialed startup team that worked on this problem for many years, I saw firsthand how difficult it is to make progress against a cartel that polices its own borders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Identification card: An applicant requesting relief would be referred to a credentialed volunteer relief committee.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster

But he still believed in creating literary projects unencumbered by the traditional press and its credentialled demands.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019

As we chopped up the vegetables in a light rain, we talked about all the things we had discussed in his office—John Brown, labor movements, the need to break away from credentialled society.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019

Compared with “live scribing,” this system is purportedly more accurate—since the scribes tend to be fully credentialled doctors, not aspiring med students—for the same price or cheaper.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2018

The oracular voice of authority is being drowned out by the aggregated voice of the Everyman, the credentialled scholar dethroned by the anonymous Wikipedia contributor.

From Economist ● Apr. 14, 2016

Trying to save the crew was all that kept me credentialled.

From Nature ● Sep. 4, 2013

Haynie said the school hopes to replace revenue from international enrollment with research and credentialing connected to the chip giant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Officials said the convoy began to move into the base before the credentialing process had been completed, and confirmed the journalists had been invited into the base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

North Carolina’s AI Academy at NC State, built with more than 100 corporate partners, combines university credentialing with applied workplace training.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

The tax bill also expands eligible expenses to include credentialing and licensing programs such coursework or tests to become a fitness trainer, a certified public accountant, or a lawyer.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

He posted a list on X of what he called “press credentialing FOR DUMMIES: Press no longer roams free Press must wear visible badge Credentialed press no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts.”

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025

Following Friday's ruling, the PPA said in a statement to CBS News that it "celebrates the decision by a federal judge today that the Pentagon's press credentialling policy violated the US Constitution".

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

The problem was that those with power were the ones determining how much credentialling was sufficient, making young people feel that they needed a degree, no matter the cost.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019


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