How to Use certification in a Sentence

certification

noun
  • She had to wait until her certification as a nurse before she could start her new job.
  • The certifications of nine teachers were revoked.
  • The school offers scuba diving certification.
  • The certification program is $200 plus the cost of the three workshops.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • The next weak point in our system comes with the board certification of those vote counts.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The certification prepares them to begin the real-world part of the class.
    Amy Harder, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2023
  • In the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, Trump urged Pence to block or delay the certification.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The goal is to have the certification completed next year.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The official certification process from the Wi-Fi Alliance could be ready before the end of the year.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2023
  • And, if your dog is in fact a purebred, the company sends you a certification.
    Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • The lawsuit asks a judge to order the city to vacate its certification for the show and not issue it any permits.
    Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The 44-hour course will result in certification valid for two years.
    Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The vote to approve the consistency certification, which was met with grumbling in the crowd, was 4 to 1.
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • Fossil quests in the Cooper are not for the faint of heart or casual of certification.
    Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • The state stripped Darby of his law enforcement certification, but the city did not fire him.
    Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 31 July 2022
  • At the time, California was one of only four states that didn’t have a way to strip cops of their certification.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The two had a falling out at the end of their term in office, when Pence refused Trump's orders to stop the certification of the 2020 election results.
    Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Those votes then are sent to Congress for the final certification.
    Amber Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
  • Jamie also has his doubts about the certification laws, for reasons that become clear later in the play.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The sale of the card was announced last week by CGC Cards, a certification and grading company for trading cards, video games, comics, and more.
    Ash Parrish, The Verge, 6 May 2024
  • The city will put out a request for a proposal for IT certification.
    Scott McClallen | The Center Square, Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The request must be made within five days of the election’s certification.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Jordan worked closely with Trump to get House members to block the certification of the results—and voted against it himself.
    David Rohde, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Records from the American Board of Emergency Medicine show his certification expires at the end of 2025.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Nerves will remain high after the events of 2021, but Democrats have shown no willingness to block certification.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol to try to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election.
    Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Yasmeen Abutaleb, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The certification courses are open to teens starting at age 15.
    Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • And this really has to do with the certification products for the parachute system.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Currently, about 55% of working-age Floridians hold a post-high school certification or degree, a number that has steadily risen in recent years.
    Braulio Colón, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Go Beyond Degrees – Online courses, certifications, and boot camps offer flexible, fast ways to upskill.
    Maja Zelihic, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025

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