How to Use certificate in a Sentence

certificate

1 of 2 noun
  • She has a certificate in midwifery.
  • He earned his teaching certificate last year.
  • But short-term certificates are a much more mixed bag.
    — Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Gift certificates have a bad rap as the ‘easy way out’.
    — Madeleine Bokan Thares, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2025
  • For a short-term certificate, more than three times as much.
    — Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • One of the winners of the certificates?
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Morss had been charged with a felony, so the state revoked his teaching certificate.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
  • The meeting came, but there was no cake, no photo, no certificate, etc.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Just kidding, massage certificate is the way to go.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 May 2026
  • All certificates have since been revoked.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The certificate would have to stay in the envelope and be lost under the bed.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • If the commission denies the certificate, such work cannot be done for three years.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The forward will join the club pending her visa and transfer certificate.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The card’s sign up bonus is unique, offering three free night certificates instead of bonus points.
    — Ben Luthi, wsj.com, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The certificate is only the starting line.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The restaurant did not have a valid food safety certificate at the time of the inspection.
    — Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The food safety certificate was not available.
    — Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The food safety certificate was not available.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado january 14, Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The restaurant lacked a food safety certificate.
    — Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • If there’s a certificate program at work or even an online yoga course, now is a perfect time to sign up.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 Apr. 2023
  • If not, your PC will not install new certificates and you will be exposed.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Those who complete the task will receive a gift card and a certificate from Castro.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • Other PCs will be at risk next month, when the old certificates start to expire.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • Then the township will decide whether to move forward with a zoning certificate.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Two walls are adorned with an array of Grammy certificates and platinum records.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Some holders of grassland use certificates have leased their land to energy farms.
    — Sanggay Tashi, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
  • Finalists receive certificates, while the top three will be awarded cash prizes and plaques.
    — Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2025
  • His airman’s certificate will be suspended for a year.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Most certificates are set to expire in 2050.
    — Sanggay Tashi, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
  • The gas station didn’t have a food safety certificate available for review.
    — Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025

certificate

2 of 2 verb
  • Holt says high- school students aren’t exposed to certificate programs and trade schools.
    — Jacob Gedetsis, kansascity, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Nearly a third of entry-level professionals who studied a course or certificate in the past year secured a salary raise.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Can certificate programs help bridge the gap to better employment, and help companies fill labor shortages?
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2023
  • Virtually anyone in the field will tell you fraud remains the biggest problem with trade, technology, and certificate schools.
    — Chuck Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2019
  • The clinic will issue a three year rabies vaccination to pets with a valid rabies certificate or a dog license showing prior vaccination.
    — Courant Community, 16 May 2017
  • The Nepal government, which issues certificates for successful summits, has yet to make an official statement. Guides and climbers told Outside that other factors are contributing to the sizable crowds on the mountain.
    — Dewan Rai, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Google, for example, offers a $49/month data analytics certificate as part of Grow with Google.
    — Morgan Smith, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The board also approved a one-time, 3 percent bonus for classified and certificated staff except the superintendent.
    — Laura Groch feb. 19, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Every Michigander 25 and older can earn an associate's degree or certificate tuition-free too.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Of the positions that were eliminated, three central office employees could not be placed in another position and one non-certificated teacher could not be placed.
    — Erika Butler, baltimoresun.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Within the next two years, changes will take effect in the law governing the all-important family registry certificates that every Japanese citizen must hold.
    — Hikari Hida, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The next step will be issuing the layoff notices and working with classified and certificated unions so employees are aware of their options and seniority rights, Griffith said.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Vehicles older than 15 years must now undergo mandatory fitness renewal certificates every six months.
    — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 18 Oct. 2019
  • And patients are largely left on their own to decipher which certificates hanging on a surgeon’s office wall, or ballyhooed in web advertising, signify appropriate training and which do not.
    — Fred Schulte, NBC news, 30 Sep. 2025
  • If a property has no hazards, or once the property is cleared of hazards, a Lead Safe certificate good for two years would be issued, and the property's address would be placed on a public lead-safe registry.
    — cleveland.com, 23 July 2017
  • School administrators and school site councils, which include certificated, classified, parent and student representatives, review the plans before they are sent to the school board for approval.
    — Priscella Vega, latimes.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Health inspectors also noted record-keeping deficiencies, such as food packaging, food establishment permit, and food manager certificates.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
  • About 15 classified and certificated employees spoke at the meeting to loud applause about why their positions were critical to helping students and running the school district efficiently.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Arthur Walker, procurement director at Wayne County, said business owners that want to work with the county need to have general liability insurance and a fair employment practices certificate.
    — Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2023
  • And in contrast to the handwritten vaccine certificates that Americans must keep safe, Indians can download their proof of vaccination at any time, alongside an outsize photograph of Modi to remind them who deserves their grateful votes.
    — Vinay Sitapati, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The agency's numbers do not certify whether those 1,400 additional deaths are attributable, directly or indirectly, to the hurricane, describing only the number of death certificates the Puerto Rico government collected each month.
    — Arelis R. Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • The agency’s numbers do not certify whether those 1,397 additional deaths are attributable, directly or indirectly, to the hurricane, describing only the number of death certificates the Puerto Rico government collected each month.
    — Washington Post, 1 June 2018
  • In regular session, the board heard the San Dieguito Faculty Association’s certificated collective bargaining proposals and adopted the district’s proposal to open negotiations with the association.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2019

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