bona fides

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But the writers are never not looking for ways to assert their intellectual or even theological bona fides.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet he brings consumer and digital bona fides that CarMax has been looking for as it seeks to improve its virtual sales experience.

From The Wall Street Journal

But you should be strategic, not frantic, when trying to pump up your AI bona fides, writes Callum Borchers.

From The Wall Street Journal

His musical bona fides are undeniable—along with his rapping prowess, he’s also a skilled producer—but he has an everyman quality rare for his genre.

From The Wall Street Journal

Springsteen must have had his own doubts about his composition; as he explained onstage at Minneapolis’ First Avenue on February 2, where he made a surprise appearance at a benefit show staged by Tom Morello, he had sent the song to Morello — whose own protest music bona fides are impeccable, and whose brief tenure in the E Street Band gives him ranking — asking, “Don’t you think it’s kind of soapbox-y?”

From Salon