decertify
verb
de·cer·ti·fy
(ˌ)dē-ˈsər-tə-ˌfī 
decertified; decertifying; decertifies
: to withdraw or revoke the certification of
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And yet, while the campaign failed to decertify any of the teacher unions in Florida, SB 256 was able to eliminate many municipal and county unions that had represented hundreds of thousands of workers.
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Jim Defede, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
In December, the administration took action to decertify up to 7,500 of the 16,000 schools nationwide, but that included many defunct operations.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
In December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration took action to decertify up to 7,500 of the 16,000 schools nationwide, but that included many defunct operations.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
The schools that officials want to decertify now are generally smaller ones, including a number of programs run by school districts.
—Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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Jim Defede, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
In December, the administration took action to decertify up to 7,500 of the 16,000 schools nationwide, but that included many defunct operations.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
In December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration took action to decertify up to 7,500 of the 16,000 schools nationwide, but that included many defunct operations.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
The schools that officials want to decertify now are generally smaller ones, including a number of programs run by school districts.
—Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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decertify
transitive verb
de·cer·ti·fy
dē-ˈsər-tə-ˌfī
decertified; decertifying
: to withdraw or revoke the certification of
decertified the class action suit
especially
: to withdraw the certification of (a labor union) as a collective bargaining agent
petitions to decertify the union
Note: The National Labor Relations Board will decertify a union after an election in which the majority of members do not support the union or after participation in an illegal strike.
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