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certificate

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


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"This son of mine has no father, no birth certificate and no national number," Amira, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, tells the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

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

“If your family is homeless and sleeping in your car, you’re not really focused on where’s my birth certificate, where’s my documentation.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

“Part of me jokes that paying for a death certificate would be like buying a lottery ticket.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Valentina Petrochenkova was so inspired by the flight of the Rodina that she’d faked her own birth certificate so she could take her flight test early.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

By contrast, money-market funds, high-yield savings accounts and certificates of deposit are likely to drop their yields along with going rates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 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

But if a poem is beauty and truth, your Miss Madden will treasure your words more than money, more than certificates.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

In 2023, over 39,000 of the 540,920 certificated grades were appealed.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2024

“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

The other certificated fern, Adiantum Reginæ, is a good deal like A. Victoriæ and is supposed to be a sport from it.

From Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 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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