cert

Example Sentences

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After that, Suncor and Exxon petitioned the Supreme Court to grant "cert," or hear the case, hoping to reverse that ruling.

From Salon

"We not only have five federal appellate courts, we have an excellent solicitor general's brief making a very strong case that the cert petition is simply ridiculous," Sokol said.

From Salon

Mark Kermode wrote in The Observer that she gave "an awards-worthy performance", while The Times' film critic Kevin Maher said earlier this month that the actress was "an Oscar cert", adding: "Nominations, at the very least, are due."

From BBC

Felix Francis was eight years old when his father's first novel "Dead Cert" was published in 1962.

From Salon

Then, in July, David Ritter—the state judicial candidate who had lost—filed a cert petition with the U.S.

From Slate