How to Use uncertified in a Sentence

uncertified

adjective
  • Texas’ reliance on uncertified new hires ballooned over the last decade.
    — Talia Richman, al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Some call these places home, or live under uncertified expanses of dark sky.
    — Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
  • In Texas, reliance on uncertified new hires ballooned over the past decade.
    — Talia Richman and Trisha Powell Crain, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The sequence of storms and fires forced the agency to use uncertified workers to fill key roles in some cases.
    — Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2018
  • The count of votes cast for Ruiz — all of which are uncertified due to a court decision — is still not public.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Choqque, the potato farmer, remains uncertified for the same reason.
    — Antonia Mufarech, Bloomberg, 15 May 2026
  • But even Banksy’s uncertified work, such as his street art, remains the work of what many in the art world consider a master.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The device was unproven and uncertified.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • In Tennessee, more than a third of staff teachers are uncertified, and more than 80% only work part time.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2022
  • When test scores plummet, class sizes increase and even more uncertified teachers are hired to meet staffing needs; local school boards will be powerless to change course.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Based on some of these uncertified polls, Gabbard has the requisite 2% of support to make the debate stage.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2019
  • For uncertified candidates, the town offers two training classes this spring.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Most of the teachers and administrators are new hires, although half of the teachers are uncertified.
    — Annie Waldman, Slate Magazine, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The biggest need our city faces is unethical and uncertified group homes, including sober living homes.
    — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • They are presently allowed an uncertified teacher rate of 30 percent.
    — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The Bishop Sycamore quarterback was wearing an uncertified helmet, which flew off his head on the field, twice.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Students in uncertified teachers’ classes also tend to rack up more absences, Kirksey said.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The race is the only uncertified statewide race in the country, WUNC reports.
    — Lucille Sherman, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The members were denied proper health care and children were educated in the group’s uncertified schools, Ross alleged.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 30 May 2018
  • Some of those schools provide multiple-grade classrooms and uncertified teachers; others have no teachers, and leave kids to work alone on computers or from worksheets.
    — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, 17 May 2018
  • This list was developed based on the amount of uncertified teachers filling true vacancies in Arkansas school districts.
    — Nick Popowitch, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Similarly, in Nevada, almost all adult education teachers work part time and half of them are uncertified.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Russia may also have to buy uncertified parts and second-hand planes from sellers in China or other countries, the way Iran did through its years of sanctions.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2022
  • About 40% of the uncertified new teachers last school year were at charters, according to TEA data.
    — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The uncertified third-party service providers who would conduct repairs if these bills pass aren’t regulated by the FDA.
    — Tom Giovanetti, WSJ, 2 May 2021
  • Third-party app stores, unofficial downloads and uncertified Android devices carry far greater risk.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The roundtable focused on Alabama’s teacher workforce, and concerns about the rise in uncertified teachers became a focus.
    — al, 19 Nov. 2019
  • If your device is running Google’s full Play suite, then apps from uncertified developers won’t install, cutting of a major malware risk.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Texas lawmakers last year passed a law restricting what subjects uncertified teachers could teach and will help uncertified teachers pay for some costs of getting credentialed.
    — Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Half the instructors were uncertified, and almost all of second grade was being taught by substitutes, meaning kids showed up for third-grade multiplication lessons not knowing how to add.
    — New York Times, 7 Sep. 2021

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