as in to approve
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
She was credentialed as a speech pathologist in August.
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Recent Examples of credential
The state is also considering who would collect the samples — licensed lab personnel or third-party samplers the state would credential.
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Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 11 Feb. 2026
But on the eve of the 2025 Australian Open, The Athletic exclusively reported that Vukov had been provisionally suspended by the WTA Tour during a Code of Conduct investigation, and Tennis Australia did not credential him for the tournament.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Xi will have multiple ways to credential his successor, but as the story of Mao’s troubled succession suggests, no facet of his successor’s dossier will be more important than his ties to and rapport with the military.
—Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
But in the first year of the partnership, the city learned Urban Ed wasn’t going to be able to place all its participants at San Francisco public schools, because the district did not have enough capacity to help credential them, according to OEWD.
—Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2024
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Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 11 Feb. 2026
But on the eve of the 2025 Australian Open, The Athletic exclusively reported that Vukov had been provisionally suspended by the WTA Tour during a Code of Conduct investigation, and Tennis Australia did not credential him for the tournament.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Xi will have multiple ways to credential his successor, but as the story of Mao’s troubled succession suggests, no facet of his successor’s dossier will be more important than his ties to and rapport with the military.
—Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025
But in the first year of the partnership, the city learned Urban Ed wasn’t going to be able to place all its participants at San Francisco public schools, because the district did not have enough capacity to help credential them, according to OEWD.
—Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2024
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The plan still needs to be voted on and approved in the fall.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2026
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Ohio lawmakers approved an $875 million payment package Wednesday after the Ohio Supreme Court found the state used the wrong formula to calculate certain Medicaid reimbursements for nursing homes, shortchanging providers by hundreds of millions of dollars.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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Various members of the Castro clan were sanctioned in the latest round of designations announced by the Treasury Department June 4.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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The Southern Poverty Law Center asked a federal judge on Wednesday to consider sanctioning federal prosecutors, after the Justice Department shared an unsigned and unstamped copy of a superseding indictment against the nonprofit with members of the media.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Officers later located the bear and confirmed there was no further danger before turning the investigation over to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, according to police.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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New video evidence has emerged in court that attorneys say confirms once and for all that an idle Southern California Edison transmission line reactivated and started the devastating Eaton fire.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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By then, the Democratic Socialists of America may have endorsed Raman, who is a member of the group, putting its considerable voter outreach operation into action.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Trump endorsed Cornyn's opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Election results are scheduled to be certified June 26.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Election officials have until June 10 to certify the results.—
Evelyn Ronan,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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And episode four’s backstory basically validates her entire childhood and a life full of paranoia, which is very satisfying.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
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Friday’s test flights validated the weight and balance of the Helios Horizon following the battery swap, with the new setup performing better than expected over hours of sustained operation.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
9 June 2026
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Fifteen of them were inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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New entrants were inducted into the main group, the Great Hall, by an account called the Master of Scrolls and Decorum.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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“Credential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credential. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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