Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “give/lend credence to“ and its meaning is “to make something (an opinion/idea) seem more correct/true”.
Example Sentence: Data lends credence to their concerns that the national level tests favour students coming from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). In 2021, the percentage of students qualifying the UG NEET was as high as 73.9 percent for CBSE students, whereas only 33.2, 37.1, 44.8, 44.4 and 47.5 percentage from M.P., U.P., Bihar, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu Boards respectively could qualify.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Consensus key for education and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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