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certificate

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


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The council asked him to apply for a lawful development certificate, external for the property.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Pilots must be 18 and have 250 hours of flight time to earn a commercial certificate, though that doesn’t mean they can fly for a major airline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

His immediate cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest, according to the death certificate obtained by TMZ and People.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

No DNA match or death certificate has been issued confirming her death, but Barrio is resigned to the worst, faced with the "extremely remote" chance of finding her alive.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Championship, Buschke gave him a $100 gift certificate, and he took months to select his gift books, picking nothing but the best.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The couple grew the seedlings from cones collected at Sequoia & Canyon National Parks and obtained phytosanitary certificates to transport them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“We have deactivated the certificates for the stolen items and notified marketplace partners so they can be on the lookout for rare and serialized items,” PSA said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

A more common positive impact is for those who hold cash-like assets with interest rates that respond to the federal-funds rate: mainly, savings accounts, money-market accounts and short-term certificates of deposit.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

For the analysis, scientists examined births throughout Georgia between 2017 and 2022 and connected those records with death records for fathers named on birth certificates.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The bad news is that they are told by Mr. Wilcox, compiler of hospital birth certificates, that they must choose a name for their son.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Next year, the labor shortage is projected to hit nearly 7,000 certificated mechanics in North America, 12% fewer than the industry actually needs, according to the industry report.

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

Seattle educators and the district agreed to pay raises of 7% for both certificated and classified staff.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

For it was in those days that I passed my legal examination, and became a certificated lawyer in the ordinary and commercial courts.

From Eyes Like the Sea by Mór Jókai

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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