CERTIFICATED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

certificated

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past tense of certificate

as in certified

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District 1 fisheries biologist Dustin Smith certified the record.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Once King County Elections verifies the voters and signatures, the Director of Elections sets a special date between 45 and 90 days after the petition is certified.

— Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

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The Denver Zoo is one of the most comprehensive veterinary hospitals in the world accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Unlike about two-thirds of state internal audit offices, the unit is not accredited and has never had an outside peer review, according to a Department of Finance directory.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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The Supreme Court subsequently ratified the result, keeping Maduro in power.

— Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1979, was instituted after being ratified by nearly 100 nations.

— USA Today, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

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The twin-engine Cessna was operated by Security Aviation and had been chartered to fly from Anchorage to Cape Newenham, located about 40 miles south of Goodnews Bay, according to KTUU.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The agency had chartered the plane, which crashed Thursday near its destination, the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage.

— Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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With the rapid growth of crypto asset derivatives, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, recently approved select platforms to offer perpetual futures products.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The recent announcement also follows the prior freeze on base rates approved by the Georgia PSC in July 2025, as well as the plan approved in May 2026 to lower overall rates, as per the release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

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