certificating

verb

present participle of certificate
as in certifying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for certificating
  1. certifying
  2. accrediting
  3. ratifying
  4. permitting
  5. chartering
  6. validating
  7. sanctioning
  8. approving
Verb
  • Adams, an incumbent election board member, voted against certifying the results of 2024’s primary election.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
  • As officials inch closer to certifying primary election results in the race for California's next governor as well as the mayor of its largest city, frontrunners appeared to continue to emerge in two of the state's key races.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Definition of certifying
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  • Traditional oversight from accrediting agencies is faltering, necessitating new approaches.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Elon University now officially has full control of Queens University of Charlotte following a decision this month by the pair’s accrediting agency.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
Definition of accrediting
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  • During that ratifying convention, Wilson also argued that the franchise should extend broadly, beyond just property owners.
    — Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
  • Both resolutions, ratifying the clerk-treasurer’s office policies and procedures and the public comment policy, will be brought back up at the council’s July meeting.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Definition of ratifying
Verb
  • Candidates can lower voters’ bills by committing to cutting permitting timelines, fixing transmission queues, and getting new generation connected to the grid.
    — David Kieve, Time, 10 July 2026
  • The second opportunity is securing permitting reform that treats all energy equally and provides project certainty.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Definition of permitting
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  • This would not be an ordinary meetup because, besides sundry individual tasks, the three had important business to accomplish together—namely, chartering a day-boat cruise in Puerto Rico for spring break.
    — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • The incoming team's portion of the cost was $32 million, including chartering the ship and loading and unloading the gear.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026
Definition of chartering
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  • They're increasingly locked into conversations with AI chatbots that seem endlessly knowledgeable, supportive and ever-validating.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 10 July 2026
  • The site is set to play a huge role in validating the reactor’s design by generating data on its physics and thermal hydraulics.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
Definition of validating
Verb
  • The White House has repeatedly threatened to oust Cuba’s communist regime, sanctioning key figures and state entities, and tightening a trade embargo that has led to a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • As Jefferson’s opponents criticized him for sanctioning intervention and neglecting to free the prisoners, his supporters lashed out at the opposing Federalist Party for allegedly orchestrating a rebellion in Spain’s colonies in the first place.
    — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
Definition of sanctioning
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  • Those discussions moved forward, with the Eagan City Council eventually approving a contentious land-use amendment, which was met with swift pushback from the community.
    — Mars King, Twin Cities, 4 July 2026
  • The approval layers built are approving decisions that have already been made.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of approving
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“Certificating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/certificating. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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