How to Use certify in a Sentence

certify

verb

• 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?
• Hegar said his office will certify more than 300 projects this year alone.
  — Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Arizona law required counties to certify election results by the end of Monday.
  — Eliza Collins and Alicia A. Caldwell, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• Peggy Judd voted later Thursday to certify the results.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2022
• The easiest shortcut is for Medicare to refuse to certify for-profit hospices for government payments.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 9 Dec. 2022
• As the deadline for Arizona counties to certify the election results neared, a Lake war room assembled in Scottsdale.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2022
• The Cochise County board of supervisors refused to certify the results, although members cited no issues with the count or problems in the vote.
  — Chris Megerian, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Nov. 2022
• In several counties around the country, pro-Trump election officials have briefly refused to certify election results, but courts have uniformly ruled against them.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 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
• The secretary of state of New Hampshire will certify the votes.
  — ABC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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 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

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024