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certificates

  • plural
    of certificate.
    certificate
    noun
    a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
  • present tense form
    of certificate (3rd person singular).
    certificate
    noun
    a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.

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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

A more common positive impact is for those who hold cash-like assets with interest rates that respond to the federal-funds rate: mainly, savings accounts, money-market accounts and short-term certificates of deposit.

From MarketWatch ● 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

In those days it was still possible to buy emigration certificates to Palestine.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel