credence
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This week, faculty wrote that his words lent credence to false accusations against the symposium and wrongly suggested that the lawyer or the organizers supported her client’s alleged crimes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The refusal of the Fed chairman to participate, however, raises questions about how much credence investors should give the dot plot going forward.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"We are not giving research enough time to prove its worth," Rancillac emphasised, adding that" scientifically worthless" accounts of self-experimentation were being given too much credence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
He describes both men as “generational” talents, but Mr. Niemann, for all his gifts, has a past sufficiently checkered to give credence to Mr. Carlsen’s allegations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
The intimacy of it, the comfort of other voices giving credence to their private myths, prepared them to meet their wives with less distance than they might otherwise bring home after fishing.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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