full credit

noun

: the total amount of points that it is possible for a student to earn for work done on a test, exam, project, etc.
To earn full credit you must include at least three maps with your project.

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Asked about the administration’s seeming reversal in bringing the man home, the president gave full credit to DOJ. Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 7 June 2025 Cuomo shouldn’t get full credit for the extension of the Second Ave. subway — first proposed, after all, in 1929 and far from complete. Howard Husock, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025 Rather than mask responsibility, then-Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin took full credit. Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025 The article gave full credit for Paramount’s success to Yablans and Evans. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for full credit

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“Full credit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20credit. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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