recertifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of recertify
as in certificates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recertifies
  1. certifies
  2. validates
  3. legitimizes
  4. ratifies
  5. sanctions
  6. approves
Verb
  • Medicare covers hospice if a doctor certifies the patient has six months or less to live.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Appeals could stretch the timeline If Louis certifies the extradition, the Tate brothers can ask for judicial review.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of certifies
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  • The one-two punch not only validates the once-struggling stock's recent resurgence.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • For Allegra Films, Locarno’s selection validates a leap into a more ambitious international model.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Aug. 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
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  • The school board is scheduled to vote on the agreement during its meeting on Tuesday, but the union urged an earlier vote, saying teachers could return Monday if the board ratifies the deal by then.
    — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Others feel that the treaty effectively ratifies something that already exists.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Mar. 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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  • Hyper-scale data centers often demand new natural-gas power plants and transmission lines, and Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission approves or denies permits for such developments, with no requirement for input from local communities.
    — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Austin approves nearly thirty times as many building permits as Providence, adjusting for population size.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Recertifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recertifies. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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