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
  • Allow your customers to help close the 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
  • The drip-drip-drip of controversy is creating a big credibility gap.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The credibility gap between the reality of Hue and Westmoreland’s spin was blatant.
    Will Bunch, Philly.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Kerry, who captained a swift boat in Vietnam before returning home to protest the war, echoed similar themes and alluded to the Trump administration’s credibility gap.
    James Hohmann, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2017
  • And right now, administration officials are dealing with a credibility gap on the issue.
    Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The increasing contrast between the situation on the island being portrayed in news reports and the White House is beginning to set up a credibility gap that is casting doubt on the administration's statements on the crisis.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 29 Sep. 2017
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • This closes the credibility gap and heightens interest while building a relationship.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The filmmakers argue in the piece that America’s failure in Vietnam undermined its citizens’ faith in its most respected institutions, and opened the credibility gap that the American presidency has yet to overcome.
    Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Trump’s salesmanship also risks opening a credibility gap between his rosy comments and reality.
    Washington Post, 3 July 2020
  • 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
  • Even beyond this yawning credibility gap, Biden’s total deterrence package was palpably inadequate.
    John Bolton, Time, 9 Mar. 2022

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