certificating

present participle of certificate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for certificating
Verb
  • Borrowers can help their case by annually certifying their employment with an eligible public service employer and by maintaining records of their loan’s eligibility, repayment plan and monthly payments.
    Jennifer L. Steele, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
  • His job, which he is required to do even though he is not being paid, includes certifying aircraft systems for controllers to use.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Neither the accrediting agency nor the university specified which specific financial issues led to the probation.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The school’s last review by the accrediting body was a decade prior, in 2015.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The United States signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1996 during President Bill Clinton's first term, but the Senate voted against ratifying the treaty.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Delegates of Workers United and the company resumed bargaining in April 2024 with the goal of ratifying a new contract by the end of the year, but that never came to pass as negotiations stalled with both sides blaming the other for not coming to the table.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Among the changes are proposals to raise fines for violating vacation rental rules, allowing for more sidewalk dining in Old Town and permitting more housing near MCS Miramar.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • When comparing 2000 and 2025 data, San Jose’s permitting activity has dropped 68%.
    Devan Patel, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Assuming certain application conditions are met, the SGA vice president forwards the chartering application to the SGA senate for review.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There are three ways of getting there, either by chartering a helicopter, going on a three-day hike or taking a two-day trip by ATV, which is most preferred by the park rangers linked to the Foundation for Ecodevelopment and Conservation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Still, Colbert didn’t shy from validating those who tied the cancellation to political pressure.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The sanctioning body’s comprehensive net income was more than $537 million in 2023 — which included a major land sale — and $103 million in 2024.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Yet, the jury criminalized one set of transactions while sanctioning the other, without any meaningful legal standard to distinguish between them.
    Jim Saunders, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the time, the STB ended up approving that $31 billion takeover largely due to the small size of KCS, with the merging companies remaining the smallest of the Class I North American railroads.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a majority of Republican voters (53%) still opposes Congress approving more military aid for Ukraine.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Certificating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/certificating. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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