credential
Example Sentences
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The hackers used a common tactic known as credential stuffing to access the data, which exploits weak and reused passwords.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
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
This month, though, the 20-year-old will receive an associate degree in early childhood education, a credential that will bump her from hourly to salaried employee, at higher pay, at the preschool where she works.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 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
Eric Epps had made good on his promise to find employment for his brother-in-law Jimmy Goble, who had traded his teaching credential for a painters job at the Newport News shipyard.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Believe It or Not: Cred
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