crediting

verb

Definition of creditingnext
present participle of credit
1
as in attributing
to explain (something) as being the result of something else has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck

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2
as in believing
to regard as right or true I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crediting
  1. attributing
  2. believing
  3. accepting
Verb
  • Using flawed data or unfairly attributing some aspects of a dataset more weight than others can lead to the wrong outcomes.
    Federico Guerrini, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • An accounting expert also testified there was no evidence of fraud, attributing any discrepancies to errors rather than misconduct.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of attributing
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  • Customers have trusted banks with custody of their assets for centuries, believing a bank vault is safer than keeping wealth under the mattress.
    Lior Lamesh, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That doesn’t stop thought leaders from calling for blanket decentralization or Bitcoin maximalists from believing that all other cryptocurrencies are inferior.
    Jordan Yallen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of believing
Verb
  • For organizations accepting, storing, transmitting or processing payment card data (regardless of size or number of transactions), the clock is ticking down on a deadline that cannot be ignored.
    Rui Ribeiro, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Moving swiftly—accepting HTS’s ascendancy, negotiating pragmatic terms with Kurdish elements—might signal adaptability and secure Turkey’s seat at the table.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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