How to Use uncertified in a Sentence

uncertified

adjective
  • The sequence of storms and fires forced the agency to use uncertified workers to fill key roles in some cases.
    Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2018
  • In Texas, reliance on uncertified new hires ballooned over the past decade.
    Talia Richman and Trisha Powell Crain, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Based on some of these uncertified polls, Gabbard has the requisite 2% of support to make the debate stage.
    Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Texas’ reliance on uncertified new hires ballooned over the last decade.
    Talia Richman, al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • In Tennessee, more than a third of staff teachers are uncertified, and more than 80% only work part time.
    Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The Bishop Sycamore quarterback was wearing an uncertified helmet, which flew off his head on the field, twice.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • About 40% of the uncertified new teachers last school year were at charters, according to TEA data.
    Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • In New York, charter schools are permitted to have no more than ____________ uncertified teachers.
    Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 24 July 2017
  • Most of the teachers and administrators are new hires, although half of the teachers are uncertified.
    Annie Waldman, Slate Magazine, 19 Sep. 2017
  • That led to a price war over the summer, as manufacturers flooded the market with uncertified cars before the WLTP rules took effect.
    William Boston, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2018
  • Russia may also have to buy uncertified parts and second-hand planes from sellers in China or other countries, the way Iran did through its years of sanctions.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The uncertified third-party service providers who would conduct repairs if these bills pass aren’t regulated by the FDA.
    Tom Giovanetti, WSJ, 2 May 2021
  • The members were denied proper health care and children were educated in the group’s uncertified schools, Ross alleged.
    Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 30 May 2018
  • Some of those schools provide multiple-grade classrooms and uncertified teachers; others have no teachers, and leave kids to work alone on computers or from worksheets.
    Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, 17 May 2018
  • Be careful to avoid using E15 in uncertified engines like these, at least until the subject is studied more thoroughly, and the engineering catches up to the fuel.
    Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Like dozens of uncertified officers and patrolmen across Alaska, Brent Norton earned a living as someone the community put trust in to keep things safe.
    Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2018
  • They are presently allowed an uncertified teacher rate of 30 percent.
    Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The roundtable focused on Alabama’s teacher workforce, and concerns about the rise in uncertified teachers became a focus.
    al, 19 Nov. 2019
  • This list was developed based on the amount of uncertified teachers filling true vacancies in Arkansas school districts.
    Nick Popowitch, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Half the instructors were uncertified, and almost all of second grade was being taught by substitutes, meaning kids showed up for third-grade multiplication lessons not knowing how to add.
    New York Times, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The preliminary, uncertified results show De León received 34% in the 24th Senate District.
    Sarah D. Wire, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
  • One traveler also had uncertified pork products that could have introduced African swine fever and swine vesicular disease to the U.S., officials said.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But the airlines are worried that remaining limitations at those airports, as well as a large amount of equipment still uncertified, could trigger a crisis including the grounding of thousands of flights.
    CBS News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • At Wyandotte, Principal Celeste Pipes has three uncertified teachers out of 26.
    Kavitha Cardoza, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
  • In January 2017, Raskin had objected to Florida’s electoral votes, claiming that some had been cast by uncertified electors.
    Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Similarly, in Nevada, almost all adult education teachers work part time and half of them are uncertified.
    Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2022
  • And shortages do not impact all children equally: Office of Civil Rights data show that districts serving children of color are about four times more likely to be assigned uncertified teachers.
    Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Students often find themselves in overstuffed classes led by uncertified part-time or volunteer teachers.
    Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2022
  • In uncertified primary election results published Friday night, Pierce was running fourth among 10 candidates seeking to become governor, with 6.6% of the vote.
    James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Schools with more minority students are more likely to have inexperienced, less trained and even uncertified teachers.
    NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022

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