How to Use birth certificate in a Sentence

birth certificate

noun
  • My birth certificate doesn’t have a name on the spot for the father . . .
    Noah Schaffer, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022
  • The boy did not live long enough to be given a birth certificate.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022
  • More people are eager to find out their age—and not the one on their birth certificate.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Obama did have a long-form birth certificate, and the White House released it.
    Dan Merica, CNN, 10 Apr. 2022
  • To sign up, adults need their ID and birth certificate for each child enrolling in the program.
    Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The little girl was also born at home and does not have a birth certificate, the complaint says.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Maren’s father left was her birth certificate, which prompts her to hit the road in search of her mother.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022
  • His polish and sense of purpose caused a man from the audience to ask for a peek at the teen’s birth certificate.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Some states in the US will not add the parent to the birth certificate unless those circumstances are met.
    Allison Hope, Parents, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Pye was angry with Yarbrough because that man had signed the birth certificate of a child Pye claimed was his.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Once abroad, someone with means might be able to shop for a fake birth certificate, Connolly told The Sun.
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
  • To apply, parents will need to bring their child's birth certificate and the parent's ID.
    Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Prudhomme had asked her sister, Dianne, to mail her birth certificate to her home in Clear Lake near the end of 1989.
    Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Instead, Jenner said in the episode that his birth certificate still has the original name Wolf on it.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The court order said a new birth certificate would be issued reflecting the change.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
  • The couple had to go through Mexico's court system to get Laura's name on the birth certificate.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
  • Chileans argue that he was born in Tumaco, Colombia, and claim to have a birth certificate that proves it.
    Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022
  • There was no time to grab his birth certificate, much less a stove or food or military service records.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • His birth certificate states nothing about the adoption.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Plus, the couple’s broker told them, with a Mexican agency, both their names could be on the child’s birth certificate.
    Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • When the blanks are filled out, they must be accompanied with a birth certificate and high school diploma Williams said.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2022
  • Guitars feature on every track of his fifth LP Austin, which takes its name after the one on Post’s birth certificate.
    Clayton Purdom, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
  • Three months later, the family went to the Health Department building and paid $23 for a birth certificate.
    Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The bill also only allows people in schools to use the bathroom of the gender listed on their birth certificate.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The judge also recognized Vivian's gender as female and ruled for the issuance of a new birth certificate to reflect the changes, per the docs.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
  • Her birth certificate had been tampered with; there had been something here that someone wanted to hide.
    Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Musk's child has asked for both a name change and a new birth certificate reflecting a new gender identity.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 21 June 2022
  • She’s displayed her birth certificate in a campaign video.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • So defining people by what’s on their birth certificate doesn’t tell the complete story.
    Cody D. Short | Cshort@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2023
  • None of the states mentioned have laws that require DNA tests from fathers before their names appear on birth certificates.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023

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