for certain

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Recent Examples of for certain The typical homeowners insurance policy puts financial limits on coverage in a variety of ways — for example, by excluding certain types of disasters or capping payouts for certain items or types of damage. — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026 Holography is another step in that tradition, an equivalence between area and volume that holds at least for certain spaces. — Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026 The Iraqi prime minister’s office said the aim is to get exemptions for certain airports, noting flights for humanitarian reasons such as medical treatment, education and religious pilgrimages. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 Controlling for certain variables called colliders can distort the effect a study is interested in. — Mark Louie Ramos, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 But officials determined that renters were likely only paying for certain types of usable farmland, which skewed the results. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 One thing is for certain, this next chapter is poised to be one of the most exciting yet. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 Starting February 18, 2027, Digital Product Passports will become mandatory for certain battery categories. — Paula Rivero, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Though her voice is decidedly unsentimental, there’s still a gentleness to this novel that invites readers to care and wonder about history rather than mine it for certain knowledge. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

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“For certain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/for%20certain. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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