credence

Example Sentences

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Robinson said the inquiry had not given enough "credence" to that when finalising its report.

From BBC

It is a stupid, futile gesture that only lends credence to the idea that the media is protecting him.

From Salon

Humber has since discovered a mention in an old newspaper of another baseball game played in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1819, also on militia muster day, which he says lends credence to Ford’s remembrances about Beachville.

From The Wall Street Journal

Police had warned Ms Wandelt she faced arrest if she returned to Leicestershire, which Ms Wandelt called a threat on a podcast "in an attempt to give some credence to her claims", the prosecution added.

From BBC

But this week, he finally granted some credence to the dynamic, putting the difficulties of the transition in a different, but connected, context.

From Los Angeles Times