as in certificate
a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something
submitted the required certifications
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Recent Examples of certification
Featuring Run the Jewels’ El-P and Killer Mike at peak swagger, the single earned RIAA gold certification, racked up more than 120 million Spotify streams and became virtually unavoidable across film trailers, television, commercials and video games.
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 17 June 2026
Sourcing marketers are focusing heavily on semantic modeling—ensuring their product catalogs, material certifications and white papers are clean, structured and easily digestible for AI crawlers.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
The push is being led by tech giant Huawei through the Ultra HD Video Alliance, which is promoting its own HDR Vivid standard as an alternative to the Digital Cinema Initiatives certification framework that has governed cinema projection globally for decades.
—Marcus Lim, Variety, 15 June 2026
As a result, patients can’t rely on the details about malpractice payouts or coverage, doctors’ specialty certifications or their disciplinary history.
—Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 17 June 2026
Sourcing marketers are focusing heavily on semantic modeling—ensuring their product catalogs, material certifications and white papers are clean, structured and easily digestible for AI crawlers.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
The push is being led by tech giant Huawei through the Ultra HD Video Alliance, which is promoting its own HDR Vivid standard as an alternative to the Digital Cinema Initiatives certification framework that has governed cinema projection globally for decades.
—Marcus Lim, Variety, 15 June 2026
As a result, patients can’t rely on the details about malpractice payouts or coverage, doctors’ specialty certifications or their disciplinary history.
—Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for certification
certificate
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While such actions garner headlines, states implementing certificates of need, moratoria on new hospice enrollment, changes in payment incentives, robust survey and certification programs, and limits on the number of hospices a physician can oversee receive less attention.—
Wes Kilgore,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Movement certificates must be submitted with a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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“Certification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/certification. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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