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Various spherical fuzzy credibility aggregation operators such as spherical fuzzy credibility Dombi weighted averaging (SFCDWA), spherical fuzzy credibility Dombi ordered weighted averaging (SFCDOWA), spherical fuzzy credibility Dombi weighted geometric (SFCDWG), and spherical fuzzy credibility Dombi ordered weighted geometric (SFCDOWG) are defined. We also show the boundedness, monotonicity, and idempotency aspects of the suggested operators. We proposed the spherical fuzzy credibility entropy to find the unknown weight information of the attributes. Symmetry analysis is a useful and important tool in artificial intelligence that may be used in a variety of fields. To calculate the significant factor, we determine the multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) method using the suggested operators for SFCSs to increase the value of the assessed operators. 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