How to Use certify in a Sentence

certify

verb
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  • The document has been certified by the court.
  • A judge must certify the contract.
  • The car dealer certifies each car before it is sold.
  • Has your doctor been certified?
  • But beating the Eagles — on the road and in a short week — would certify Washington in a way the previous 10 weeks haven’t.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The dyes are certified to use in and around potable waters.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The honey is sourced, crafted, and packaged in the USA and certified kosher.
    — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 15 Aug. 2023
  • All 15 counties are required to certify the canvass by the end of the day Monday.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Hegar said his office will certify more than 300 projects this year alone.
    — Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The secretary of state of New Hampshire will certify the votes.
    — ABC News, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The Boeing Starliner still isn’t certified to fly, which was the ultimate goal of the test flight.
    — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Chuck Todd asked Ramaswamy whether Pence had done the right thing on Jan. 6 by certifying the results of the election.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The 104-year-old made a dream come true while hoping to be certified as the oldest person ever to skydive.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In recent years, about 80% of the jobs certified resulted in visas from the State Department.
    — Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 9 July 2023
  • On Friday, the board voted to certify the results of the Nov. 8 elections in the 261 local races in which no recounts are taking place.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The amendment gives the council a chance to certify a redistricted map by a new deadline of May 15.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The record was certified and logged by IDFG officials late last week.
    — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Unlike some of his colleagues in the Senate, Rubio did vote to certify the 2020 election.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 4 June 2024
  • His curiosity about the mechanics of the watch led him to be part of a small and elite group of watchmakers who are certified by Rolex.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • To get certified to open a child care center with the state, applicants must use a static IP address.
    — Claire Stremple, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Once the riot at the Capitol ended, Eastman again emailed Jacob to say the vice president should refuse to certify the election and send it back to the states.
    — Freddy Brewster, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The Elkay filters are certified to reduce lead levels to less than 5 parts per billion.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Since 2020, there has been a rise in issues around certifying election results for races of all size across the country.
    — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 10 July 2024
  • The Board of State Canvassers then has until Nov. 28 to certify the results of statewide races and those that cross county lines based on the vote totals received from the counties.
    — Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The complaint was filed as a class-action lawsuit, meaning the court will have to certify the plaintiffs as a class before the case can proceed.
    — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • But will the company get its aircraft certified in time?
    — Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 22 June 2023
  • All of the foam mattresses picked by our experts have been GreenGuard certified.
    — Jessica Hartshorn, goodhousekeeping.com, 9 May 2023
  • The ballot measure would still need to be certified by the Secretary of State before it could be placed on the ballot later this month.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 15 June 2024
  • Prior to 2019, if a technician wasn’t certified, Ford wouldn’t pay for the repair, the whistleblower said.
    — Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2024
  • That’s when states must appoint their electors (the folks who actually cast the vote for president in the electoral college), and the state executive (usually a governor) certifies them.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024

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