How to Use certification in a Sentence

certification

noun
  • She had to wait until her certification as a nurse before she could start her new job.
  • The certifications of nine teachers were revoked.
  • The school offers scuba diving certification.
  • The next weak point in our system comes with the board certification of those vote counts.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But some have been waiting for type certification for two years or more.
    Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Cadillac have paid maybe half a billion pounds for certification to get on board.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Word of mouth is often the best way, along with reviews and board certifications.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2026
  • And consumers might not know to look for a certification of good practices.
    Darius Tahir, Fortune, 18 May 2022
  • What stands out to me is the certification readiness.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
  • The program at the jail runs for two weeks, but the women get a certification that will last at least three years.
    Jermont Terry, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The certification process takes two to three weeks and costs $449.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025
  • And, if your dog is in fact a purebred, the company sends you a certification.
    Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • Career certifications come in all shapes and sizes.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The 44-hour course will result in certification valid for two years.
    Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Even certification would not solve the whole problem.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The certification part is what really stands out to me.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
  • The road to these types of certifications is quite different from that of doctors.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
  • If the student works at the high school’s aquatics center, the school pays for the certification.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2022
  • Wu wants to get his paramedic certification, then work as a paramedic in college.
    Trevor Sochocki, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The certification prepares them to begin the real-world part of the class.
    Amy Harder, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Overall, these certifications range from a few weeks to about six months in duration.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Not a certification or a marketing claim, but a tree that has been allowed to keep growing.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Jamie also has his doubts about the certification laws, for reasons that become clear later in the play.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The request must be made within five days of the election’s certification.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Those votes then are sent to Congress for the final certification.
    Amber Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
  • If that certification is not done, then the funding must be repaid to the government.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The United States has what’s known as a self-certification regime.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Theme parks have also embraced these types of certifications.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The lawsuit asks a judge to order the city to vacate its certification for the show and not issue it any permits.
    Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Many of these require a college-degree, some just on-the-job training or a certification.
    Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 16 Feb. 2022

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