certificating

present participle of certificate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for certificating
Verb
  • Adams, an incumbent election board member, voted against certifying the results of 2024’s primary election.
    Adam Beam, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
  • As officials inch closer to certifying primary election results in the race for California's next governor as well as the mayor of its largest city, frontrunners appeared to continue to emerge in two of the state's key races.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Elon University now officially has full control of Queens University of Charlotte following a decision this month by the pair’s accrediting agency.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
  • In March 2024, the New England Commission of Higher Education, which is responsible for accrediting colleges and universities in the Northeast, created guidelines for colleges that want to implement these programs.
    Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • During that ratifying convention, Wilson also argued that the franchise should extend broadly, beyond just property owners.
    Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
  • Both resolutions, ratifying the clerk-treasurer’s office policies and procedures and the public comment policy, will be brought back up at the council’s July meeting.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Energy infrastructure, workforce development, permitting processes, and supply chain visibility all become critical enablers.
    Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • The university would still need to abide by permitting and regulatory requirements for developments.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • This would not be an ordinary meetup because, besides sundry individual tasks, the three had important business to accomplish together—namely, chartering a day-boat cruise in Puerto Rico for spring break.
    Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • The incoming team's portion of the cost was $32 million, including chartering the ship and loading and unloading the gear.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • Increasingly, the focus must shift toward continuously validating the humans interacting with those systems.
    Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • At its best, the film rebuffs standard-issue 1950s heteronormativity, validating queerness at a moment when the Motion Picture Production Code forbade explicit reference to it.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • As girls’ flag football surges and flag readies for a starring role at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, state officials brace for a broader debate over sanctioning boys’ flag statewide.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Big 12 administrators also met to consider sanctioning Texas Tech or Sorsby.
    Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Those discussions moved forward, with the Eagan City Council eventually approving a contentious land-use amendment, which was met with swift pushback from the community.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 4 July 2026
  • The approval layers built are approving decisions that have already been made.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
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“Certificating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/certificating. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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