How to Use rubber-stamp in a Sentence

rubber-stamp

1 of 2 verb
  • Just would like one award that’s not a rubber-stamp!
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Then the board rubber-stamped the entire scheme.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The last time, when Iger picked Chapek, the board rubber-stamped it.
    — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
  • And many say their view that results can’t be trusted should be reason enough not to rubber-stamp local vote counts.
    — Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • The bill is one of five floated across Capitol Hill to rubber-stamp the ballroom.
    — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The county board was expected to give its rubber-stamp, final approval last fall, but the item was pulled from its agenda.
    — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Every single one an Emmy winner rubber-stamped by the Globes.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Palace’s paperwork to rubber-stamp the transfer never arrived.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • If we are not allowed to hear and see candid responses from everyone, then Lee could be rubber-stamped as the next mayor.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But weird can be good, especially at the Emmys, an awards show that tends to rubber-stamp nominees year after year.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Our nation is better off today because a handful of lawmakers had the courage to stand firm, dig deep, and refuse to rubber-stamp flawed policies.
    — Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
  • Monarez was in office for just under a month before she was fired by Kennedy over her refusal to rubber-stamp changes to vaccine policy.
    — Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
  • They are set to be formally endorsed by the rubber-stamp legislature at the end of the eight-day session on Thursday.
    — Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • A day earlier, Putin rubber-stamped a decree that could change the nuclear strike threshold observed by his nation's armed forces.
    — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Schumer had threatened to force GOP lawmakers to choose to either defy Trump or rubber-stamp the fund.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026
  • The idea was to bring working-class residents into government and turn the board into more than a rubber-stamping mechanism for the mayor.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • During the fall 2023 season, Gucci and Miu Miu were among the top brands who rubber-stamped the look.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Arsenal, meanwhile, have signed players who have won trophies but, as a group, are waiting for that tangible moment that rubber-stamps their status.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Typically, contracts brought before the Board of Regents are rubber-stamped.
    — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 18 Aug. 2025
  • That means that a lazy human reviewer could rubber-stamp an AI ruling that a court can't overturn, experts suggested.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Wednesday’s suit takes issue with former Twitter officers rubber-stamping the legal firm’s bill.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
  • That phrasing, legal experts said, suggested that the judge was unlikely to rubber-stamp the government’s effort.
    — Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The king theoretically selects this viceroy, but in reality, they are chosen by the prime minister and rubber-stamped by the palace.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
  • The county essentially rubber-stamped the reopening soon afterward—a far cry from what Musk had invited.
    — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • This isn’t your father’s school board anymore, when mayoral appointees essentially rubber-stamped what the Fifth Floor desired.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The new board is almost certain to vote to fire Martinez, allowing Johnson to replace him with an appointee who will rubber-stamp the union’s demands.
    — The Editors, National Review, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Skinner toes a gossamer line of attempting to understand the root of Roger’s pain, but stops short of rubber-stamping his bigotry and entitlement.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 June 2025
  • Beijing is expected to set its growth target in March, when China’s rubber-stamp legislature convenes.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Moment of the season… Sam Smith heading in Wrexham’s third goal against Charlton to rubber-stamp promotion.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • Other business at the assembly includes rubber-stamping a historic agreement on how to handle future pandemics and drumming up more cash from donors at an investment round.
    — Olivia Le Poidevin, Reuters, 19 May 2025

rubber stamp

2 of 2 noun
  • The legislature has been nothing more than a rubber stamp for the President.
  • That court is gonna be a rubber stamp for all of this kind of stuff.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 30 June 2022
  • That’s a rubber stamp, not a check on power.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • The rubber stamp is available in two sizes and comes with an ink pad.
    — Noma Nazish, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
  • There will be more rubber stamps on the way, as other shops still lag.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • My job is not to be a rubber stamp for any president.
    — Kevin Fixler may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
  • The technique uses a rubber stamp with a grid of tiny bumps on the bottom.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Some rubber stamps go missing from the office one night, and the new boy is the prime suspect.
    — María Gainza, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
  • Indeed, in Baseball, the appeal is a far cry from a rubber stamp.
    — Marc Edelman, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • Those prints are made by using the body casts essentially as rubber stamps.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Their bills just need a rubber stamp from the Legislature.
    — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • But all those images came from the same location on the original rubber stamp.
    — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2022
  • All that was needed was a rubber stamp from the bloc’s political leaders.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The lawyer to whom a party is referred is expected to rubber stamp the draft received for a flat fee paid by the monied spouse.
    — Patricia Fersch, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • The executive board is often seen as a rubber stamp, and even more so the full membership.
    — Stephen Wade, Houston Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Perez denied accusations that the board had become the chief’s rubber stamp.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Each of those judges has already been appointed and confirmed — the public vote is one final rubber stamp.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The peer review system isn’t a rubber stamp for any research scientists want to pursue.
    — Kelly Fleming, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Trump had already announced his intentions, so the vote amounted to little more than a rubber stamp.
    — Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In short, the label is like a rubber stamp for permanent normal trade relations.
    — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
  • But The Post found that the review process effectively amounts to a rubber stamp.
    — Nate Jones, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • But the mayor obviously felt confident enough about getting a rubber stamp to let the cat out of the bag.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 May 2025
  • Danielson said that there's no reason for the City Council to rubber stamp anything.
    — Sara Pagones | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Instead, the board also voted 4-1 to rubber stamp the agreement.
    — oregonlive, 27 July 2021
  • Think of them as an early version of a rubber stamp — but one that rolled across a wet clay tablet rather than pounded onto a paper surface.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
  • But what happens when response times get longer and the appeals function works more like a rubber stamp on the initial responses?
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • For a personalized touch, purchase a rubber stamp at the craft store and create your own monogrammed, custom gift tags.
    — Lindsay Weinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The only step left was for the county to finalize the deal, which is usually a rubber stamp decision.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • As a result, users will default to workarounds like spreadsheets, email and rubber stamp approvals out of frustration.
    — John Milburn, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The Board didn’t rubber stamp the extension and expects a more detailed report next meeting.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021

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