give credence to
idiom
: to believe
—usually used in negative statements
Don't give credence to their gossip.
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The big picture: Since 2020, the Republican Party apparatus has been reorganized — from the top down — to give credence to Trump's false claims that election fraud is a scourge on American politics.
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Justin Green, Axios, 29 Sep. 2024
Though Powell did not give credence to the notion that the move was a makeup call for not cutting at the July meeting, speculation on Wall Street was that the central bank indeed was playing catch-up to some degree.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
Those questions give credence to the idea Day expressed earlier this week.
—Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 27 July 2023
Models such as those created by the Oxford Brookes University team give credence to the idea of replacing floating oil platforms with wind turbines.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 20 May 2021
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Justin Green, Axios, 29 Sep. 2024
Though Powell did not give credence to the notion that the move was a makeup call for not cutting at the July meeting, speculation on Wall Street was that the central bank indeed was playing catch-up to some degree.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
Those questions give credence to the idea Day expressed earlier this week.
—Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 27 July 2023
Models such as those created by the Oxford Brookes University team give credence to the idea of replacing floating oil platforms with wind turbines.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 20 May 2021
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