lend credibility

Frequency: 7.417.1 per million words

To add a sense of validity or trustworthiness to something.

credibilityVERB + credibility

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Examples (10)

  • Funding from the World Bank lends credibility to the project.
  • The renowned scientist's endorsement will lend credibility to our research findings.
  • Having an eyewitness testimony would lend significant credibility to the case.
  • His personal story of overcoming adversity lent credibility to his motivational speech.
  • Getting a famous actor in the commercial lends instant credibility to the new product.
  • The bipartisan support for the bill lends it a great deal of credibility among voters.
  • Citing reliable sources is essential to lend credibility to any news report.
  • The discovery of ancient artifacts lent credibility to the historian's theory.
  • While his enthusiasm is great, his lack of experience doesn't lend much credibility to his business plan.
  • Having the data verified by an independent party lends credibility to the study's conclusions.