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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

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

Families like Lawat's have told the BBC they are struggling to obtain death certificates, affecting everything from accessing flood compensation to the transfer of properties and even inheritance.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The credential level with the most borrowers enrolled in failing programs is undergraduate certificates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

But if a poem is beauty and truth, your Miss Madden will treasure your words more than money, more than certificates.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell