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certificate

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


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But Tatiana couldn’t resist one indulgence: In a folder, she placed a lock of baby hair that she kept from Alisa and Stupnikov’s infancy, as well as some old photos and his high school certificate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

His publicist initially told the Associated Press that the renowned designer died of pneumonia, but a death certificate obtained by Us Weekly paints a different picture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Omar says she no longer has her birth certificate, and records with the Somali government are unsurprisingly unavailable, given the country’s decades of internal turmoil.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026

But this is only possible once they submit a death certificate.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

In a notarial certificate drawn up by Valentim Fernandes in 1503 Pedro Álvares Cabral’s discovery of Brazil in 1500 is described as the discovery of ‘the land of the Antipodes’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The Tehama County coroner’s office will amend the death certificates of the bus driver and passengers to say their cause of death was homicide, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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 financial toll makes the death certificates vital for families trying to recover from the disaster.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

That’s because all those figures used in brain-disease calculations are based on death certificates, and it turns out most death certificates miss the disease.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

There were no mirrors or pictures, only certificates from different medical schools, with Doctor Gordon's name in Latin, hung about the walls.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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 2024, 44,855 of the 552,695 certificated grades for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher were appealed.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

The certificated staff reductions are expected to yield savings of about $13 million, the district’s statement said.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 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

It is the fact that the hero of the story, being neither physician, articled nurse, nor certificated husband, nevertheless performed their work.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce

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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