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certify

[sur-tuh-fahy] / ˈsɜr təˌfaɪ /


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The final result comes when states certify the results – often days or weeks after election day.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it opened an audit query to examine the process and technical data Tesla used to certify the Cybercab.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

But as of early Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said that Vance’s office had yet to receive a document to certify.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

March 8: US regulators with the Federal Aviation Administration certify the 737 MAX 8, which takes its first commercial flight weeks later.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Now he has a degree to certify his nosiness.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

The Federal Aviation Administration, not the White House, is the US agency that certifies or decertifies aircraft in the country.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The Justice Department certifies that the payments are in the government’s interest; the Treasury Department must sign off, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Among other things, it certifies animal safety on farms as well as on movie sets.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Each year, the US government formally certifies whether several countries are fully co-operating with US-led counternarcotic efforts, and those which are found to be wanting risk having their US funding cut.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

And that the authors of these songs spoke of the present, not of the past, is a natural inference, when actual observation certifies that such is the invariable custom of living folk-poets.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

Victoria Goncharova, a certified public accountant, has a passion for luxury and thought Luxus presented an interesting investment opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Piker’s mother unwinds on a recliner in the living room, watching her son’s stream on a wall-filling television, when El-Sayed’s race is certified.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

The changes are certified as urgent, allowing them to be debated and voted on quickly, and they are expected to easily pass later on Wednesday by the legislature dominated by the ruling People's Action Party.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Once every vote has been included in the final results, and after processes such as recounts have been completed, the election results are certified - first at the local, county, level.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Mom knows politics and history and English literature inside out, and Dad's a certified brainiac, so he knows tons.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

That month, she made her 120th payment and submitted the final form certifying that her employment qualifies for PSLF, the suit says.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

We shift into the formal process of canvassing the vote, certifying it, and making sure that we’ve named the winners.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

US officials gave final approval Tuesday to the Boeing 737 MAX 10, certifying the latest long-delayed version of the popular single-aisle aircraft.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

To gain entry to the program, firms must meet a slate of requirements, among them certifying a minimum number of people in a proctored exam and meeting Anthropic’s bar for “deploying Claude responsibly,” Kadon added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The monks who ran the school were very particular about tests and qualifications, and it was time to try the certifying exam again.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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