bona fides

Example Sentences

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Considered an unremarkable man, lacking the charisma and the religious bona fides of his predecessor — and with the country emerging from a bruising eight-year war with Iraq — Khamenei did not come with an ambitious plan for change at first.

From Los Angeles Times

He was “perceptive, meticulous, and scrupulous,” Mr. Ireland writes, and came by his revolutionary bona fides honestly.

From The Wall Street Journal

Coach continues to prominently advertise its sustainability credentials when other brands have backed off marketing their environmental bona fides.

From The Wall Street Journal

Again, critics say the company’s decision to operate a service that is dependent on plastic bags and requires extensive transport undermines their environmental bona fides.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From The Wall Street Journal