parchments

noun

plural of parchment
as in certificates

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  1. certificates
  2. documents
  3. diplomas
Noun
  • Some colleges — like Folsom Lake — offer associate degrees or certificates in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Covid was the underlying cause on 88% of the certificates that mentioned it from 2020 through mid-2022, and that fell to 76% for 2022 as a whole as certifiers more often listed it as a contributing cause.
    — Jess Steier, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of certificates
Noun
  • The documents show details for only one part of Phoenix’s portfolio, and do not include assets in retirement accounts or stakes held in companies through mutual funds, corporate bonds and other securities, the accountants confirmed.
    — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Consider a bank using AI to read documents for small-business loans.
    — David Pralong, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of documents
Noun
  • Instead, their information was sent to Noreus, who used it to create diplomas and transcripts showing coursework and clinical training that had never been completed.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And a commission employee testified in June at the trial of Carleen Noreus, the school’s founder and namesake who faced several felony charges for her role in issuing fake diplomas.
    — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of diplomas
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“Parchments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parchments. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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