as in echo
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
an author who was ultimately just another rubber stamp of Hemingway
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Recent Examples of rubber stamp
Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for President Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government as lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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
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Noun
As lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding, Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for President Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government as lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
This was underlined after the FA Cup semi-final, a day when Villa let a golden opportunity to rubber-stamp Emery’s era with a trophy pass by.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber stamp
Noun
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The echoes of a Spanish-language birthday song boomed from a backyard party.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
9 June 2025
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But computer simulations show that there are filaments and tendrils of dark matter crisscrossing the voids like a faint echo of the grand cosmic web, repeating itself in miniature.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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The Dodgers also quietly signed Kyle Funkhouser to a minor-league deal, stashing another arm with big-league time just in case.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Most recently, President Donald Trump signed an executive order in May to force drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. in the next 30 days.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
5 June 2025
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The club’s Instagram account has 12 million followers, and most of its players have more than a million followers, led by Trezeguet by 9.7 million.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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In the comments, one follower notes that Linda Rose is an elderly neighbor.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
Verb
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One ballot was tossed out because it wasn’t initialed by an election judge, and Balich won the position via a lottery.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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The serial numbers on those seals are written on a form that is then initialed by the chief inspector and a member of the Board of Absentee Canvassers.—
Alison Dirr,
Journal Sentinel,
30 Oct. 2024
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But even now, decades later, the U.S. has fewer missile interceptors deployed (44) than the treaty permitted (100).—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
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His administration has accused the schools of allowing antisemitism and facilitating the spread of pro-Hamas propaganda by permitting the campus protests, which free-speech advocates say are protected by the First Amendment.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 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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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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And this summer, the calculations have been further complicated by FIFA allowing an additional, earlier short summer window to enable clubs competing in the upcoming Club World Cup to bolster their squads before the tournament.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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There are technologies available that would enable a full platform transition (hypervisor and storage) or a partial transition (keep the VMware hypervisor, but move to alternative storage).—
Bruce Kornfeld,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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“Rubber stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber%20stamp. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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