CERTIFICATED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

certificated

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past tense of certificate

as in certified

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The teachers need to be certified in elementary education, fluent in Spanish and certified to teach students who speak other languages, Jackson said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that Hoskins’ office intervened after local election authorities in Saline County on April 13, 2026, certified the results of a local election.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

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This shrivelled existence was meant to have ended with a change of direction which was officially ratified by the Premier League in December 2024.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The accord has yet to be formally ratified, and the ongoing war in Iran has sparked questions about progress on both the deal and the corridor.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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Rams players, however, are arriving in Melbourne just one day before the game, while their opponents chartered a plane last week and have already been acclimating to the 17-hour time zone difference.

— Jessica Golden, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
When Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso pardoned Posada and released him from prison in August 2004, Gonzalez flew him to Honduras, on a plane chartered by Alvarez.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

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The club’s 2025-26 accounts, due to be approved by members on September 19, but already obtained by The Athletic, add another chapter to the canon.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Trump wanted courts to allow the use of his preferred map, which lawmakers approved last year at his urging.

— DAVID A. LIEB, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

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