birth certificate
noun
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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Interactive stations allow customers to personalize handbags, create custom makeup kits, adopt dolls complete with birth certificates and customize Brio train sets.
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Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Senate Bill 100 allows adult adoptees to obtain copies of their original birth certificates.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services has warned that people can easily obtain fakes; in 2010, Puerto Rico invalidated all its existing birth certificates, citing rampant fraud and identity theft.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Voting rights advocates from California to Ohio and Georgia to Alabama are under assault, as absentee ballots are threatened to be refused by the US Post Office and paper documentation such as passports and birth certificates are being used to screen out eligible voters.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
28 June 2026
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Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Senate Bill 100 allows adult adoptees to obtain copies of their original birth certificates.
—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services has warned that people can easily obtain fakes; in 2010, Puerto Rico invalidated all its existing birth certificates, citing rampant fraud and identity theft.
—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Voting rights advocates from California to Ohio and Georgia to Alabama are under assault, as absentee ballots are threatened to be refused by the US Post Office and paper documentation such as passports and birth certificates are being used to screen out eligible voters.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
28 June 2026
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“Birth certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20certificate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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birth certificate
noun
birth cer·tif·i·cate
-(ˌ)sər-ˈtif-i-kət 
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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