as in to ratify
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
as soon as the pond project was approved, the bulldozers were at the site
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Recent Examples of approve
To go before voters, the levy would first need to be approved by the City Council.
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2025
The Missouri Senate early Thursday morning narrowly approved a sweeping incentives plan intended to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals inside state lines, clearing the largest hurdle facing the legislation.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
Can a bank trust AI to approve a mortgage, flag fraud, or run a forecast?
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
The result will be a 20-year master plan to be approved later this year by the NICTD board of directors.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2025
The Missouri Senate early Thursday morning narrowly approved a sweeping incentives plan intended to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals inside state lines, clearing the largest hurdle facing the legislation.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
Can a bank trust AI to approve a mortgage, flag fraud, or run a forecast?
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
The result will be a 20-year master plan to be approved later this year by the NICTD board of directors.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approve
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As of June 9, 2025, 49 countries (plus the European Union) had ratified, just 11 short of the 60 needed.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Although Congress passed a three-year extension to the deadline in 1978, not enough states ratified the amendment in time.—
Sarah Bedford,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Separately, a Downtown Fort Worth spokesperson confirmed this with the Star-Telegram and said there are no planned street closures around the event site.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2025
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Okay, now that that’s out of the way— Dua Lipa finally confirms her engagement to Callum Turner to British Vogue, after several months of rumors.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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The $300,000 settlement, finalized last month, is the most allowed under a state law limiting personal injury awards against a government entity.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2025
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Connecticut’s Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Hurlburt and his office have been talking with USDA staff on a weekly basis to finalize the contract and formally set up the block grant agreement.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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Like Tom Brady, Shohei Ohtani, Steph Curry, Gisele Bündchen, Naomi Osaka and David Ortiz, O’Neal endorsed FTX, which imploded in 2022 and whose founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, was convicted on fraud, money laundering and conspiracy charges before being sentenced to 25 years in prison last year.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 June 2025
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Getty Images Curtain bangs have been the bang style of this era, endorsed by stars like Sabrina Carpenter and Dakota Johnson.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
16 June 2025
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Ryan Bos, who has been executive director of DC’s Capital Pride Alliance since 2011, was thrilled when the group’s bid to host WorldPride was accepted in 2022.—
Susan Miller,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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The Authority never kept its promises to renounce terrorism and accept Israel.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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By Friday, Marines had been deployed in Los Angeles, with little clarity on whether their guns contained live rounds and under what circumstances they were authorized to fire.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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An overwhelming 90% of the members of Vox Media Union had voted Thursday to authorize a strike if a deal was not reached by the time their current contract expired at 11:59 p.m.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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“Approve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approve. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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