lend weight/credence/credibility
idiom
: to make something seem true or correct
—usually + to
A growing amount of evidence lends weight/credence/credibility to their theory.
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More so than that, handing the Chiefs their first loss of the season would lend credibility to the idea that San Francisco is still a legitimate title contender.
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Vincent Frank, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
In addition to its state media, Beijing has turned to foreign players — real or not — to relay messages and lend credibility to narratives favoring the Communist Party, said Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
But people are willing to believe the implausible, or at least lend credence to it.
—Roxane Gay, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
Of course there are trolls out there, but a great deal of criticism for this show is well-founded and compelling and certainly the falling viewership numbers lend credence to critocs.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
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Vincent Frank, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
In addition to its state media, Beijing has turned to foreign players — real or not — to relay messages and lend credibility to narratives favoring the Communist Party, said Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
But people are willing to believe the implausible, or at least lend credence to it.
—Roxane Gay, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
Of course there are trolls out there, but a great deal of criticism for this show is well-founded and compelling and certainly the falling viewership numbers lend credence to critocs.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
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“Lend weight/credence/credibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lend%20weight%2Fcredence%2Fcredibility. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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