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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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For the 2025 calendar year, 20,685 deaths were attributed across the nation to COVID-19 on death certificates, according to the CDC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

By then, the San Francisco family will have had their birth certificates notarized, had European officials record their fingerprints and transferred half a million Euros into an international investment fund.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Ramezanisadeh and Pasandideh were given their citizenship certificates at a ceremony attended by Australian Interior Minister Tony Burke.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The team checks transcripts, certificates and signatures, and uses a video-interview program to verify applicants’ research claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

This woman wasn’t budging, so we went home to get evidence: pictures of us with the dogs, certificates from the vet.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah