death certificate
noun
a certificate signed by a doctor, giving pertinent identifying information, as age and sex, about a deceased person and certifying the time, place, and cause of death.
death certificates
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pluralof death certificate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
The BBC has also seen death certificates of more than 50 babies who died at the home between 1933 and 1967.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
“These records can be important for understanding inherited health conditions or for legal purposes. Personal documents such as birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates and divorce decrees should be kept indefinitely.”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 27, 2026
Chandrakeerthi said existing laws that allow a person to be declared dead only after being missing for six months could be shortened to expedite the issuance of death certificates.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
After euthanasia, thousands of fraudulent death certificates were issued, citing diverse causes of death—some of them markedly absurd.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
