accredit and certify usually imply official endorsement attesting to conformity to set standards.
the board voted to accredit the college
must be certified to teach
Example Sentences
The newspaper has endorsed the conservative candidate for mayor. We do not endorse their position. She endorses a line of clothing. That brand of sneaker is endorsed by several basketball stars. You must endorse the check before you deposit it in the bank.
Recent Examples on the WebThe party didn't endorse in the crowded U.S. Senate race to replace Sen. Rob Portman. Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2022 Nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 Leggett did not endorse in the Democratic primary, which in deep-blue Montgomery typically decides who secures the seat. Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022 Under its bylaws, the league does not endorse candidates. Megan O’matz, ProPublica, 18 Aug. 2022 What members of the public did not endorse, for the most part, were political protests by climate scientists. Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2022 The ads never explicitly endorse another candidate, but Kleefisch’s leading contender in the race for the Republican nomination for governor is Michels. Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2022 The Simon Wiesenthal Center, the museum’s parent organization, does not endorse candidates, as Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the center’s director of global social action, made clear during the news conference. Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022 There can be no references to school name, nickname, or logo, and athletes may not endorse anything during team or tournament activities. Brendan Kurie, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
alteration of obsolete endoss, from Middle English endosen, from Anglo-French endosser, to put on, don, write on the back of, from en- + dos back, from Latin dorsum