How to Use credential in a Sentence

credential

1 of 2 noun
  • My experience as a manager is my strongest credential.
  • Both have the credentials for it.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • What is your credential to tell me how to parent?
    — David S. Bennahum, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • His credentials in the middle of the park are still strong.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Lead with this, not credentials.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • And with that comes access to things like credentials.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Hall doesn't have the credentials the other two boast.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • Make sure trade credentials transfer across state lines.
    — Saxby Chambliss, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • Kevin Warsh has all the right credentials to prove just the change agent whose time has come.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 May 2026
  • Her credentials extend across whiskey, rum, brandy, and more.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • That’s the kind of credential that doesn’t reverse.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The design credentials are less clear-cut.
    — New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Because our credential gives us the right to be there and to ask those questions.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • One small slip, and sensitive credentials could end up in the wrong hands.
    — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
  • To make bio pages stand out, go beyond credentials and case results.
    — Peter Boyd, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • As an aside, look up the credentials of the influencer.
    — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Dana isn’t hard to replace just because of her credentials.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Even a credential didn’t guarantee a straight path through it.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • Not just your login credentials, but your face, voice and presence.
    — Ihar Kliashchou, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Lemon’s credentials are not in dispute.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Arráez’s credentials as a hitter jump off the page.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • That proves judgment, not just credentials.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Charlie’s credentials as an athlete did not lack range.
    — John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • His credentials and the hospital’s needs were both there.
    — Gregory Haile, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • In that setting, people are not just looking for a lawyer with credentials on the wall.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Should the first line on the plate read her name only, with all credentials underneath?
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Not that the judge didn’t already have all her corrupt hack credentials in order.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Devers’ credentials at the time of the trade were hard to deny.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • These are people who get degrees and credentials in their field, to master their craft.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Bruce Bochy’s credentials as a bullpen wiz may get revoked because of this bunch.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023

credential

2 of 2 verb
  • Hines said there will be greater vetting in credentialing media in the future.
    — Richard Obert, azcentral, 3 May 2018
  • One new concept introduced in the plan is the idea of micro-credentialing for teachers.
    — Trisha Powell Crain, AL.com, 10 June 2017
  • Brooks was perhaps as credentialed as any IU recruit in history to that point.
    — Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Both Hulsey and one of his deputies were already credentialed and serving under Rader.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Would someone better credentialed or more fastidious dump out that water and boil fresh water to cook eggs?
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 24 May 2018
  • She is not licensed or credentialed, and the young man received no services, federal officials said.
    — Philly.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • At the start of the conference, not all 28 EU countries had been fully credentialed.
    — National Geographic, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Both league football operations and security work closely with the host team to ensure those credentialed to be on the field have a working function.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Gill has been credentialed in Tai Chi Chuan and meditation since 1986.
    — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Roughly 1,000 media members were credentialed to cover the event, likely a record number.
    — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 5 July 2019
  • The deal creates a company expected to grow rapidly in the next five to ten years in the $3 billion testing and credentialing market, its leaders say.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 14 Jan. 2020
  • They are deeply credentialed, polyglot, workaholic and respectful before Congress.
    — Mark Leibovich, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Preschoolers are defined as children 5 and younger, while teachers must be Pre-K through 12th grade and Texas-credentialed.
    — Courtney Ortega, star-telegram, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Though White House reporters are also typically credentialed in Congress, too.
    — Laura McGann, Vox, 22 June 2018
  • Only lawmakers, staff, credentialed members of the press and those with official business are permitted to access the facilities.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2020
  • White said McGregor and about 20 other guys were let into the building by Mac Life, who were credentialed for the presser.
    — Demetrio Teniente, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Carmody has also been credentialed by the San Francisco Police Department as a member of the press.
    — Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 23 July 2019
  • Related Stories The deal would also require new charter school teachers to be credentialed, and that all current teachers earn credentials within five years.
    — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Some CPAs are up in arms about a move by their industry’s main trade group to allow people from outside their ranks to be credentialed to help companies value complex assets.
    — Michael Rapoport, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2018
  • Although employers are willing to hire inexperienced entry-level workers and train them on the job, many prefer to hire workers who have been through training or credentialing programs.
    — Jan Burns, Houston Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Trump announced in June 2016 that the campaign would not credential reporters from The Washington Post.
    — Kayla Epstein, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Doctors say the process of getting credentialed to see patients at an IHS facility, even on a volunteer basis, is cumbersome and flawed.
    — Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Vendors typically visit the stadium frequently to stock and fill concession and bathroom supplies, but they are credentialed and staffed by a Royals person.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton and Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 6 June 2018
  • Renata Evans, who was properly credentialed for clubhouse access, said her ID was checked multiple times before she was allowed to enter the clubhouse.
    — Anna Bauman, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2019
  • Although numerous employers are willing to hire inexperienced entry-level workers and train them on the job, many prefer to hire workers who have been through training or credentialing programs.
    — Erin Valdez, National Review, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The grant is part of a $3 million state effort to create more College Credit Plus credentialing programs across Ohio and increase college access.
    — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Admission to games will be limited to home and visiting club personnel, credentialed media and broadcast partners, essential club and arena staff, and NHL officials in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2020
  • 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.
    — Scott Francis, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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

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