credentialing

verb

variants also credentialling
Definition of credentialingnext
present participle of credential
as in approving
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory She was credentialed as a speech pathologist in August.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credentialing
  1. approving
  2. accrediting
  3. endorsing
  4. certifying
  5. sanctioning
  6. confirming
Verb
  • Additionally, senior leadership setting expectations for collaboration when reviewing and approving goals is key.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • His pro-business bent stood out from the court’s history of approving high-dollar payouts for plaintiffs.
    Eleanor Klibanoff, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of approving
Verb
  • The federal government has no formal authority over accrediting bodies, but they are indirectly bound to one another.
    Meg Little Reilly, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Per state law, police chiefs hired from outside of California must complete additional training through the state’s Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the accrediting agency for officers in California.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of accrediting
Verb
  • Musk’s contributions have ranged from endorsing GB News commentator Alex Armstrong’s call to ban Starmer from office (which is not possible under the UK’s constitution), to commenting on Peters’ work.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Congress could pass legislation endorsing the proposal, compelling reason or not.
    Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of endorsing
Verb
  • But early this year, the county watchdog elliptically referenced the case in a quarterly Office of Inspector General report, noting that at least one administration official was eventually reported to the state commission in charge of certifying and decertifying peace officers.
    Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • On that date in 2021, Americans got a civics lesson about the mechanics of electing a president and certifying the results.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of certifying
Verb
  • The four-belt era in boxing began in 2007 when the World Boxing Organization (WBO) became the fourth major sanctioning body.
    Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Nascar traditionally held single-car, single-lap qualifying until the mid-2000s, when the sanctioning body believed changing the format would boost TV ratings for qualifying.
    Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of sanctioning
Verb
  • The team released a statement on Thursday confirming that Matthew Tenedorio, a member of the arena’s ASM Global video production team, was one of the people killed in the attack.
    William Guillory, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Aldis made the announcement ahead of the show, confirming the adjustment to tonight's match lineup.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of confirming
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