as in mandate
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
the only body empowered with the accreditation of medical schools in the state
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Recent Examples of accreditation
Yet, FedStart, the Palantir program Ōura mentioned in the press release, is a software-as-a-service that helps companies cut back on potentially years of accreditation work needed before deploying software to the federal government, and has little to do with the company’s consumer business.
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Davis noted that some child care providers have this accreditation, but most don’t.
—Lina Ruiz
september 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
In an effort to align higher education with his political agenda, the president has pulled funding, restricted international students and even threatened accreditation.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Its national accreditations limit how many autopsies each of those pathologists can do — a rule that’s designed to help keep the doctors from being overworked and error-prone but causes backlogs when there’s too much demand.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
For higher education, the dismantling of the DOE will impact federal student aid, accreditation, research and innovation, and a reduction in oversight of predatory and under-performing institutions.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
In 2019, light pollution authority DarkSky International certified Arches as a Dark Sky Park—an accreditation that guarantees inky skies and, weather permitting, a blanket of stars.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
The Venice festival said the database affected by the hack did not involve organizational data for the 2025 festival and would not impact accreditation payments for this year’s fest, nor the booking or ticketing systems.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
The commission said the federal government cannot force it to take away a university’s accreditation.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 9 July 2025
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Davis noted that some child care providers have this accreditation, but most don’t.
—Lina Ruiz
september 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
In an effort to align higher education with his political agenda, the president has pulled funding, restricted international students and even threatened accreditation.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Its national accreditations limit how many autopsies each of those pathologists can do — a rule that’s designed to help keep the doctors from being overworked and error-prone but causes backlogs when there’s too much demand.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
For higher education, the dismantling of the DOE will impact federal student aid, accreditation, research and innovation, and a reduction in oversight of predatory and under-performing institutions.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
In 2019, light pollution authority DarkSky International certified Arches as a Dark Sky Park—an accreditation that guarantees inky skies and, weather permitting, a blanket of stars.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
The Venice festival said the database affected by the hack did not involve organizational data for the 2025 festival and would not impact accreditation payments for this year’s fest, nor the booking or ticketing systems.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
The commission said the federal government cannot force it to take away a university’s accreditation.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 9 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accreditation
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Logging later resumed under an archaic mandate and approval processes that a past Cal Fire director and others say still violates key laws such as CEQA and works at cross purposes to the missions of other agencies.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Last month, the UK government dropped its mandate requiring Apple to provide backdoor access to Americans' iCloud data.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The station stated that the volunteer acted without authorization and in direct violation of Radio Boise policies by making those comments on social media.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, at the height of the pandemic, Kennedy petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to revoke authorization of COVID-19 vaccines and refrain from approving any future COVID-19 vaccines.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Accreditation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accreditation. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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