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credential

[kri-den-shuhl] / krɪˈdɛn ʃəl /








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Francis is Hegseth’s military assistant—and that’s his key credential as far as the self-named “secretary of war” is concerned.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

This was either a red flag or a very Los Angeles credential, depending on the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 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

Claytor, who earned a PhD in math from the University of Pennsylvania in 1933, was only the third Negro in the country to obtain the credential.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

Despite what a distressing number of credentialed Americans appear to think, antisemitism doesn’t burst onto the scene ex nihilo with pogroms and Nuremberg Laws.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Cordes noted that credentialed tax professionals — including enrolled agents and CPAs — have due-diligence and ethical obligations.

From MarketWatch Apr. 1, 2026

But also interspersed between the credentialed professionals are a gaggle of YouTubers, streamers, and TikTokers—with mounted iPhones—documenting the saga in real time.

From Slate Feb. 23, 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 Foster, William Z.

The credentialing process alone can take up to six months, Blau said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 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

Among other responsibilities, the task force, which will be led by an executive director, will “assist in the planning and implementation of visa processing and credentialing programs for foreign athletes, coaches, officials, and media personnel.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2025

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

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

From The New Yorker Nov. 15, 2019

More than two hundred thousand people applied for one of the sixteen spots on Season 1, and throughout the show’s early years the candidates were conspicuously credentialled and impressive.

From The New Yorker Dec. 27, 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

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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