accredits

verb

Definition of accreditsnext
present tense third-person singular of accredit
1
as in ascribes
to explain (something) as being the result of something else accredits his good choice of movies to reading a reviewer who seldom steers him wrong

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2
as in enables
to give official or legal power to took a course that accredited her to teach first aid

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3
as in applauds
to declare enthusiastic approval of generally accredited as the finest American dramatist of the postwar generation

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4
as in approves
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory thus far the board has refused to accredit the school

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accredits
  1. enables
  2. applauds
  3. approves
  4. attributes
  5. empowers
  6. hails
  7. authorizes
  8. confirms
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  • The Basics of Agents An agent is a composite and autonomous application that enables humans and AI to collaborate to complete a task.
    Jason Andersen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Additionally, Salesforce and other technology providers have a low-click/no-code approach that enables companies to leverage AI tools without major investments in development.
    Gregorio Alejandro Patiño Zabala, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of enables
Verb
  • The crowd applauds Rudolph a few times.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2024
  • On the stump, Harris, the vice president, often applauds McCain’s role in blocking a GOP repeal of the Affordable Care Act and recently told a behind-the-scenes story about their brief time together in the Senate before McCain’s death from brain cancer in 2018.
    Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of applauds
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  • Like Larry Clark, Baker approves taboo and mistakes outrage for rebellion.
    Armond White, National Review, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Check your neighborhood spots Each year, the city approves dozens of street closures for trick-or-treating (there were more than 120 last year).
    Melissa Santos, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of approves
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  • The company attributes the loss primarily to high operating expenses.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The company attributes this decline to operating losses and capital expenditures.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of attributes
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  • Autonomy empowers employees to take ownership of their tasks, which boosts both confidence and happiness.
    Tanya Arturi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Later this year, Moth Quantum plans to release an open-source toolkit that empowers musicians to create audio effects plug-ins powered by quantum computing.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of empowers
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  • Oldham hails from a creative family.
    Layla Ilchi, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This unassuming aesthetic gives way to the model’s technical complexity, housing a minute repeater complication, which hails from the genius of Abraham-Louis Breguet himself and his invention of the gong-spring back in 1783.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of hails
Verb
  • The law authorizes energy regulators to require refineries to maintain a certain level of fuel on hand.
    L'Oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The law authorizes a president to seek a court order for an 80-day cooling-off period for companies and unions to try to resolve their differences.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of authorizes
Verb
  • Actress Pauley Perrette departed from NCIS six years ago and confirms that her retirement from acting is permanent.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The couple is expecting their third child together in Spring 2025, a rep for Jason confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of confirms
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