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noun

plural of certificate
as in certifications
a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something a certificate will be awarded to each person who completes the course in lifesaving

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verb

present tense third-person singular of certificate
as in certifies

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Recent Examples of certificates
Noun
Even when working with certified cotton backed by transaction certificates, tracing the fiber back through the supply chain took hours of painstaking investigation. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 In his home village, two hours’ drive south of Vinnytsia, the family has turned his former room into a shrine, with pictures, certificates, and medals. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026 The process for officially revoking certificates is slow and cumbersome, so browser makers have devised quicker methods to block specific certificates at the browser level. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026 Decades of digital transformation have distributed certificates, keys, encryption libraries, machine identities, APIs, connected devices and cloud workloads across business units and environments. — Amit Sinha, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 City attorneys said all but two of the men have received certificates of innocence. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026 That access has expanded over the years with the CSU offering both a minor and certificates in quantum technology, and providing research opportunities like the quantum lab. — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Some colleges — like Folsom Lake — offer associate degrees or certificates in artificial intelligence and machine learning. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Covid was the underlying cause on 88% of the certificates that mentioned it from 2020 through mid-2022, and that fell to 76% for 2022 as a whole as certifiers more often listed it as a contributing cause. — Jess Steier, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for certificates
  1. certifications
  2. certifies
  3. documents
  4. permits
  5. charters
  6. ratifies
  7. accredits
  8. validates
Noun
  • Because space and defense qualification cycles require multiple years of exhaustive safety and performance certifications, switching to a cheaper competitor is highly frictional for a prime contractor.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Microban said Scentry Revive holds Eco Passport by Oeko-Tex and Bluesign certifications.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of certifications
Verb
  • That’s the regulatory body that certifies law enforcement officers in the state.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • If the judge certifies the extradition on any or all of the charges, the Tate brothers' legal team can challenge it by asking for judicial review and seeking a stay of extradition.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of certifies
Noun
  • The new changes in the electoral law ease some requirements for candidates seeking office, eliminate the need for some financial documents and a mandatory medical certificate, and introduce electronic voter registration.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But an owners representative claims that part of the problem was Erica and Peter dragging their feet on providing backup documents for their application package.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of documents
Verb
  • An alcohol vendor that permits underage drinking on its premises can face $250 in fines and 24 to 32 hours of community service, according to Southern California law firm Shouse Law Group.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Republicans in the Senate also proposed designating all of Pennsylvania a Commonwealth Opportunity Zone for AI, which would fast-track data center permits and create a regulatory framework in collaboration with the industry.
    — Daniel J. Mallinson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of permits
Verb
  • The industry now builds the rooms, charters the shuttles, and saves the yacht seats.
    — Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The company charters Explorer-class ships, limiting capacity to roughly 180 travelers.
    — Malika Bowling, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of charters
Verb
  • Instead, party task forces (known as work teams) are mobilized to draft the verdict, colleagues from their workplace endorse it, and then a committee at a higher level of administration ratifies it.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The private sector’s role is to build the commercial reality that policy later ratifies.
    — Hany Naeem, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ratifies
Verb
  • The Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which accredits Shedd, said there were no plans to require incident reports for the belugas, as their deaths were due to preexisting medical conditions.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • From now on, the agency that accredits nearly every university in the state will be known as The Commission on Colleges and Universities.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of accredits
Verb
  • But many of the results have already been verified in Lean—a programming language that validates a proof’s logic—and are therefore all but certain to be correct.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Mathematical success validates a relationship between the formalism and what experiments record.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of validates

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“Certificates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/certificates. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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