parchments

noun

plural of parchment
as in certificates

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  1. certificates
  2. documents
  3. diplomas
Noun
  • Pilots who fly commercial planes with over six passengers aboard also need medical certificates issued by official aviation medical examiners, the outlet reported.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, researchers wrote, an analysis of death certificates of football players who did not donate their brains revealed another 215 whose certificates listed a neurodegenerative disease as a cause of death.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of certificates
Noun
  • The Sun conjoins Mercury in Virgo and your 8th House of Shared Resources, Trust, Intimacy, and Mutual Support, bringing clarity to money, documents, access, care, or emotional expectations.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In 1968 Britain considered evicting the family by force, with declassified documents showing a plan to raze the fort.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of documents
Noun
  • The 22-year-old students from Bradford, England, took to the stage together at Keele University’s commencement ceremony to collect their diplomas.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
  • Siena College of Health was shut down in 2023 following an FBI investigation that found the nursing school was implicated in a scheme distributing more than 7,600 fake nursing diplomas.
    — Ella Moore July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of diplomas
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“Parchments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parchments. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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