bona fides

He did have academic bona fides: a Ph.D. from Yale and experience in university administration, running the tiny Midland University in Nebraska.

Those good vibes continued — the hit-making, swoon-worthy duo never taking themselves too seriously despite serious songwriting chops and bona fides — for intimate co-headlining solo acoustic performances.

He didn’t do well in favorability polls, thanks possibly to all the snide comments he’d made about women who don’t have children during the period of his Ohio campaign when he was trying to prove his hard-right bona fides.

“Big River” established the company’s musical bona fides.

Many rank-and-file Teamsters see and applaud Harris’ pro-labor record and bona fides.