cred

noun

ˈkred

: credibility

specifically : the ability to gain acceptance as a member of a particular group or class

used … his new street cred to develop contacts —

Dale Keiger

Examples of cred in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When Venmo took off the following year, Plaid started gaining street cred. —

Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 With this new endorsement, Swift can assure her fans she’s still got her feminist cred, even as she’s phrased it carefully to give her more Trump-leaning fans room for plausible deniability. —

Constance Grady, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024 But for Boyle, the message to brands is that there’s more to resale than just building green cred. —

Adriana Lee, WWD, 13 Aug. 2024 The movie's anti-Valentine's Day cred is strengthened considerably by the undeniable fact that Charlie and Nicole are insufferable narcissists who both deserve to lose custody of their child. —

David Faris, theweek, 13 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cred

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