How to Use credibility gap in a Sentence

credibility gap

noun
  • There is a credibility gap between what the mayor says and what the people see happening in the city.
  • The fact that the new estimates are so wildly different from the initial numbers has created a credibility gap.
  • This builds trust and can go a long way toward closing that credibility gap.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • That created a credibility gap between the clubhouse and the front office.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • This disconnect is contributing to the widening credibility gap that can no longer be ignored.
    — Bruce Roffe, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The drip-drip-drip of controversy is creating a big credibility gap.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The source of hawkish bias lies in the credibility gap that dovish leaders face when making foreign and security policies.
    — Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But if Willis is so-so or worse, there’s a huge credibility gap for this new Dolphins management moving forward.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That’s how the credibility gap becomes permanent.
    — Lexi Clarke, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • And right now, administration officials are dealing with a credibility gap on the issue.
    — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2021
  • For investors, this shift matters because credibility gaps don’t remain rhetorical.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Moreover, this credibility gap is unlikely to be bridged by an increase in European conventional forces, at least not in the near future.
    — Mark S. Bell, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Beyond the mockery, the royal family faces a lingering credibility gap.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Trump’s salesmanship also risks opening a credibility gap between his rosy comments and reality.
    — Washington Post, 3 July 2020
  • This closes the credibility gap and heightens interest while building a relationship.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The credibility gap between the reality of Hue and Westmoreland’s spin was blatant.
    — Will Bunch, Philly.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • But health authorities have struggled with a credibility gap amid images that have surfaced during the pandemic of hospital beds in corridors and queues of ambulances.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2020
  • The result is a widening credibility gap that populist and far-right actors are increasingly able to convert into support faster than the political centre can respond.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • That credibility gap is already reshaping capital flows and creating geographic winners and losers.
    — Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • This inability to clearly link marketing activities to revenue outcomes creates a credibility gap between marketing teams and the rest of the business.
    — Jim McHugh, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • The country faces a credibility gap after years of promises to free up the economy were followed by more centralized control, market-access barriers and state support for local companies.
    — Bloomberg.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • These metrics underscore the urgency of addressing the credibility gap in HR departments.
    — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • These accusations have created a credibility gap that increases risk for institutional investors and injects a new layer of volatility into the stock.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, the coach’s evolving messaging created credibility gaps ensuring that each new development reignited the story into more news headlines.
    — Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
  • This credibility gap is widening as bitcoin’s price continues to climb, leaving many advisors in the uncomfortable position of having to sidestep discussions about one of the market’s best-performing assets.
    — Steve Larsen, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Even beyond this yawning credibility gap, Biden’s total deterrence package was palpably inadequate.
    — John Bolton, Time, 9 Mar. 2022
  • In an industry as complicated and high-stakes as healthcare, the implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning comes with challenges that have created a credibility gap.
    — Seth Joseph, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Data shows an emerging credibility gap in which leaders are mandating and hyping AI but are often only casual users of the technology themselves—sometimes using it less than their rank-and-file employees.
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
  • More ironic still is that this ideological capture, which dictates the hypocrisy — obvious to millions — in editorial choices and news coverage, widens ever further the press’s already yawning credibility gap.
    — Becket Adams, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
  • As the Pentagon Papers made clear, these capable leaders knew at some point that the war could not be won, but their continuous misinformation on the war’s progress created a cavernous credibility gap with the public that lingers to this day.
    — Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023

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