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Discover LudwigThe phrase "given credence" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to be accepted or believed as true or valid. It can be used in formal or informal writing and spoken language. Example: The rumor that the company was going bankrupt was given credence by the sudden layoffs and decrease in stock prices.
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Congo's accusation has been given credence by diplomatic sources and international rights organisations.
Iran later gave weight to the claims, which were not given credence by western intelligence officials.
But it has refused to disappear and is in danger of being given credence.
Some of America's leading journalists and diplomats have given credence to the idea.
This statement has given credence that ionic liquids should simply replace the problematic electrolytes of lithium batteries.
If these and similar passages are to be given credence, his personal body count must total many dozens.
Mr. Ellis has given credence to people who have strong criticisms about justice in the United States.
Hindley's girlfriend, Patricia Cairns, and forensic psychiatrists with expert knowledge of the case, have given credence to the idea that they are markers.
I firmly believe that it is this lack of on the ground activism that has given credence to extremist organisations like the BNP.
Sometimes serious evidence of the true fate of an M.I.A. was discounted, while wild rumors of "live sightings" were given credence, raising impossible hopes.
A different case could be highlighted every week and the referees are probably entitled to wonder why their organisation has given credence to a fuss about nothing.
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