certify
verb (used with object)
to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm.
certifies
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present tense formof certify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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One risk is that the project is strangled by inflexibility in the Navy’s technical bureaucracy that certifies parts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration, not the White House, is the US agency that certifies or decertifies aircraft in the country.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Among other things, it certifies animal safety on farms as well as on movie sets.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Each year, the US government formally certifies whether several countries are fully co-operating with US-led counternarcotic efforts, and those which are found to be wanting risk having their US funding cut.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
Here are shown the Scala Santa which were brought from Jerusalem, and which the Church of Rome certifies as the very stairs which Christ ascended when he went to be judged of Pilate.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie
