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
Microsoft’s Elevate Academy has lofty goals to credential 20 million people in AI within two years by training them on AI basics as well as advanced machine learning courses.
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Scott Francis,
Forbes.com,
20 Mar. 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.
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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.
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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.
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Michael Barba,
San Francisco Chronicle,
23 Aug. 2024
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Scott Francis,
Forbes.com,
20 Mar. 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.
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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credential
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The commission unanimously approved her request in May of 2018, and Grechen Shirley quickly hired a nanny to her campaign staff.
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Boise Mayor Lauren McLean will have the authority to limit that under a new plan approved by the City Council on Tuesday.
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In 2023, the Ukrainian government sanctioned him for allegedly continuing to engage with Russia, paying taxes to Moscow and facilitating business transactions through his liquor business in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014.
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Judge John Weeks denied May’s request to sanction Daniel and to hold King’s bond insufficient for violating a condition that directs him not to contact witnesses.
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Pat George, a frequent flier, avoided a line at the Admirals Club in Miami because a representative called ahead to a second lounge near Gate D15 to confirm there was no wait.
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Although the panel date has not been confirmed, the members and the team behind the webcomic will be on it to chat about their upcoming plans.
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Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, who has backed DeSantis at some key moments but also clashed with the governor, also endorsed Donalds last week.
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In December, an FDA panel endorsed TRT for men with low levels and related symptoms.
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If a simple majority of the workers vote to unionize, the union is then certified.
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The logistics industry has adapted accordingly, finding new software to certify driver’s licenses and paperwork, as well as using generative AI to track cargo.
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For this, Sandia researchers used power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) testing to validate their AI controls before deploying them in the field.
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Segment by life stage, validate what employees actually need and embed that voice into benefits design, decision rights, communications and feedback loops.
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In June 2026, Austin cheered his sister on from the audience while she was inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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The group helped define hip-hop’s golden age, became the first rap act inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and remains one of the genre’s most influential pioneers.
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“Credential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credential. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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