It's a dead cert.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Today, however, eight of the justices are part of what is called the cert pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2006] Reference

The case is on cert from the Third Circuit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Reading The Tea Leaves for the Supreme Court’s November and December 2009 Sittings ] Reference

Alt cert is tough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » VIDEO: 8th General Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation] Reference

"Yo 'cert'nly have lost your manners, Brer Porky!" he snapped.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Prickly Porky] Reference

"You mos 'cert'nly won't!" returned Anthony with fine defiance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beautiful and Damned] Reference

That’s if the case gets cert, which is likely but not certain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Chicago’s Brief in Opposition to the Grant of Certiorari in the Second Amendment Incorporation Case] Reference

Yo 'cert'nly am powerful good at imitating other people's voices.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Mr. Mocker] Reference

"And yu 'cert'nly take no comfort in your food," his ingenious friend continued, slowly and gently.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lin McLean] Reference

Do I have to have the ssl cert which is "domain based" installed on the squid or on the web server?.    From Wordnik.com.  [LinuxQuestions.org] Reference

Yo 'cert'nly have got all your ol' tricks with yo '. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Mr. Mocker] Reference

He thought he was a cert for the Settle this term.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Stories]

Xbox Live Arcade, Electronic Arts, cert 12, out now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Risk: Factions] Reference

And I encourage all Angelinos to become cert volunteers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2006] Reference

Scuba Diving - I want my open water cert, and then some.    From Wordnik.com.  [waterdiluted Diary Entry] Reference

Does the MN Supreme Court have the ability to deny cert?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minnesota Supremes Take No Action On Coleman's New Lawsuit -- But They Might Later On] Reference

She got her flight instructor's cert and started teaching.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coffin Dancer]

There have been an appeal for a cert to the Supreme Court.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mccurry Raines Shalala Briefing] Reference

In horse racing, it's called the dead cert or a mortal lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 25, 2008] Reference

But the King was cert no longer touched by his rib-tickling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knell Quarternion] Reference

That's pretty much a dead cert that he's going to stay behind bars.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2002] Reference

MCSE cert, service fraternity, 2 year internship prior to graduation.    From Wordnik.com.  [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference

"Why, cert.," she said when I begged her last Wednesday to take care of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference

We plan to file another writ, a petition for cert, within the next month.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2003] Reference

The cert denial came in the case of Mark Hurn of my hometown, Madison, Wis.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Feige: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: How Judges Make You Do the Time Even If You Didn't Do the Crime] Reference

I'm not too sure how i did; my cert-thing seems to have been eaten by a dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [j-gan Diary Entry] Reference

Are you certain the ROBERTS Supreme Court will similarly decline to grant cert?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Craig To Argue Foot-Tapping A Constitutional Right] Reference

The new law would also allow alt-cert programs to issue their own teacher licenses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paras Bhayani: Illinois Vaults to the Head of the Class in Race to the Top Competition] Reference

"'Message In A Bottle' was a dead cert hit from the first attempt at a backing track.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Message In A Bottle, 7''] Reference

Obtain documents (signed waybill, takeover cert.) to confirm delivery at destination.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 13] Reference

The answer Melanie is to detach yourself from society by obtaining your "teaching cert.".    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Five votes, it takes five votes to grant a stay, four votes to grant a petition for cert.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: U.S. Supreme Court Decision Halts Florida Hand Counts - December 9, 2000] Reference

And then we petitioned the Supreme Court not knowing whether they would grant cert or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2007] Reference

I think the President's Counsel will file a writ for cert in the 8th Circuit on Monday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By Mccurry Steinberg And Dobbins] Reference

I was pleased by his answer this morning on the rules to grant cert on death penalty cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2005] Reference