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 request must be made within five days of the election’s certification.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The reasons that schools with a lesser need received more help was because of the nuanced issue of certification, Callahan said.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Candidates must request a recount within two business days of the certification.
    oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Though many blue-collar jobs don’t require a four-year degree, most roles require certifications, licensing and, in some cases, extensive on-the-job training.
    Morgan Smith, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Southwest now flies to Hawaii, for example, which has required it to put pilots through extra training and its planes through additional certification to fly over the ocean.
    Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Overall, the best way to tell if sheets are organic is through the product's certifications, mainly GOTS.
    Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Students can choose to minor in the program, earn a master’s degree, or get a certification.
    IEEE Spectrum, 13 May 2023

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