How to Use certified in a Sentence

certified

adjective
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  • The food is certified kosher.
  • The carpentry work must be done by someone who is certified for the job.
  • Her boyfriend's a certified weirdo.
  • You must be certified in order to practice medicine.
  • It’s been even longer since Payne landed a certified smash in the U.K.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Instead, King kept the fish and weighed it on a certified scale, which tipped at 8 pounds, 8 ounces.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 31 May 2023
  • There were no certified drive killers — penalties or sacks — on the drive.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The business sent emails and a certified letter and left phone messages, but did not hear from the man.
    — cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Last month, the state recorded a 10 percent drop in certified EMT and paramedic staffing due to low wages and burnout.
    — Brianna Sacks and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In the case of Durham, the town could lose its status as a certified local government.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • All five of her roommates sat around her room to watch and take notes as the certified makeup genius snatched her face.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The better idea is to send it by certified or registered mail.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • As a certified cool girl, there are few other options that would have made as much sense as the candy-red sleek pair.
    — Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
  • To find a certified financial planner in your area, check out this site.
    — John F. Wasik, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The somber pop ballad helped propel Eilish to fame and became certified gold.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Getty Images Robert Jenkins’ first job as a certified plumber was a dream.
    — Byirina Ivanova, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • On the certified mail receipt where her signature should have gone, someone drew a line.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Now is the time to focus on how to feel less frazzled on the reg and sort things out, according to Donna Page, a certified astrologer in Atlanta.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Getting a certified arborist up in your large trees to assess hazard potential is the best way to go.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Then find a certified expert to help develop a safe program for her.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
  • Mitchell was the first Black woman to receive a license as a certified professional midwife in the state.
    — al, 28 Dec. 2022
  • There is also the cost of envelopes, printer ink and certified mail when sending client letters.
    — Mya Frazier, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • Finding a certified financial planner, or CFP, is a good place to start.
    — Dalia Ramirez, oregonlive, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Zoe Brokos, the head of Portland’s certified needle exchange program who had known Harvey for years.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
  • And as a certified S-Class marksman, Strus greatly improves the team’s overall spacing.
    — Mat Issa, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • He was offered a job with a financial firm as a certified financial planner and hasn’t looked back.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 5 Jan. 2023
  • To find the strategy that’s best for your residence, speak with a certified radon specialist.
    — Maya Miller, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Many reputable membership sites (some of which are household names) like to hire certified health coaches to work with clients on their platforms.
    — Sandra Scheinbaum, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • Create a firefly haven in your yard by turning it into a certified habitat (complete with a sign!).
    — Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Williams worked as a certified medical assistant at the health center for about six months before her death.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2023

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