lend weight/credence/credibility

phrase

: to make something seem true or correct

—usually + to

A growing amount of evidence lends weight/credence/credibility to their theory.

Examples of lend weight/credence/credibility in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Academic institutions should not lend credibility to Francesca Albanese, who has been publicly condemned by democratic allies for antisemitism and Holocaust inversion. — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Dec. 2025

The findings lend weight to the scientific view that monogamy is the dominant mating pattern for humans, said Dyble in a statement published by the University of Cambridge. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025

But Jackson and Truman insisted on a demonstration of due process to lend credibility to new global norms, subsequently called the Nuremberg Principles. — Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025

The building rift between Ruca and Zaria may lend credence to that theory. — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025