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certificate

[ser-tif-i-kit, ser-tif-i-keyt] / sərˈtɪf ɪ kɪt, sərˈtɪf ɪˌkeɪt /


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The city of Newark has been pressing for The GEO Group to permit a fire inspection and obtain a certificate of occupancy for the sprawling private jail.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

And in a setup straight out of a whodunit: Meet Caltech’s four-member “fraud squad,” which vets every admitted student’s application—scrutinizing everything from science-fair certificate fonts to transcript signatures to combat AI-fueled cheating.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

I can obtain a copy of her death certificate for $15 to satisfy Fidelity’s request.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

The judge asked the bailiff to deliver him the graduation certificate.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

I clutched my eighth-grade report card filled with A’s and B’s, and Mami had my birth certificate.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

For the 2025 calendar year, 20,685 deaths were attributed across the nation to COVID-19 on death certificates, according to the CDC.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

By then, the San Francisco family will have had their birth certificates notarized, had European officials record their fingerprints and transferred half a million Euros into an international investment fund.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The man was not instantly recognisable, but gold medals and gilded certificates piled nearby were inscribed with the name Hussam Luka.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

According to court records filed by his attorney, the birth certificates were updated to list Zhou as the father by March 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

I look for a switch or tiny hole like the other side, but find nothing but pictures and certificates.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

A projected labor shortage of nearly 7,000 certificated mechanics in North America next year is 12% fewer than needed.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

“With the number of requirements and expectations already placed on certificated staff, this is an unreasonable and highly concerning expectation.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2023

Electric aircraft maker Eve Holding Inc is "on track" to meet its goal of starting commercial operations in 2026, an executive said on Friday, and getting its aircraft certificated is the most immediate target.

From Reuters Feb. 17, 2023

Teachers, paraprofessionals and certificated teaching staff “will strike beginning Wednesday morning for a contract that meets student needs,” according to a statement sent by the Washington Education Association just after midnight.

From Seattle Times Sep. 7, 2022

There are nearly forty thousand certificated teachers at work; and 3214 students are being prepared in forty-one Training Colleges.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various

It would seem that full local control was given except in the matter of certificating teachers and regulating the government grant.

From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by J. Harold Putnam




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