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recertifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of recertify
as in certificates

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  1. certifies
  2. validates
  3. legitimizes
  4. ratifies
  5. sanctions
  6. approves
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  • If the judge certifies the extradition on any or all of the charges, the Tate brothers' legal team can challenge it by asking for judicial review and seeking a stay of extradition.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Perkins will officially lose his seat on the dais once the Jackson County Election Board certifies the results of the special election.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of certifies
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  • Stifel analysts said the warrants align both companies' interests and validates Generac's market position.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This achievement validates a scalable technical design for broader commercial expansion across the industry.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of validates
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  • Here the sticker remains, protected by its status as an artwork and by the German institution whose physical enclosure legitimizes it as such.
    — Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Social integrity asks what AI legitimizes as knowledge and truth.
    — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Definition of legitimizes
Verb
  • Instead, party task forces (known as work teams) are mobilized to draft the verdict, colleagues from their workplace endorse it, and then a committee at a higher level of administration ratifies it.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The private sector’s role is to build the commercial reality that policy later ratifies.
    — Hany Naeem, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ratifies
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  • The bill sanctions Russian financial institutions and its largest state energy projects while targeting Russian partners in the oil and natural gas trade.
    — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • For starters the World Cup is run by the same organization, FIFA, which sanctions virtually every level of soccer globally, from the men’s and women’s World Cups, to confederation competitions including the UEFA Championships and the Copa América, to most major age-group tournaments.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of sanctions
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  • Even tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz approves, having recently signed for the third hull.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Nobody approves a three-year AI program because a survey says 88% of companies have started one.
    — Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of approves
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“Recertifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recertifies. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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