credence

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

A series of Capitol Hill reports and congressional testimony has lent credence to the lab-leak theory, which was once dismissed as an online conspiracy.

From Washington Times

But new accounts from two paramedics who responded to the deaths lend credence to the theory that gas poisoning was likely to blame.

From Los Angeles Times

Still the US must have given credence to his claim to the presidency, inviting him and his wife to the inauguration of Bill Clinton in January 1993.

From BBC

We know too much about the rules of the genre, how information and staging will be manipulated to scare and delight us, to give much credence to anything deeper.

From New York Times