certify
verb (used with object)
to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm.
had certified
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past perfectof certify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that the company had certified Micron alongside SK Hynix and Samsung as providers of the latest design of high-bandwidth memory, known as HBM4.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Two of the officials had certified the election results.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
The incident happened shortly after Brazil's electoral commission had certified Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the official winner of October's presidential poll.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2022
By midday Friday, 65 of the state’s 83 counties had certified results.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Our main problem, it seemed to me, was that the state had certified us as lion tamers before ever leaving us alone in a cage with a lion.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
