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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-stamps
Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
Americans' primary oversight entities—rather than rooting out waste and misconduct—now are poised to be rubber stamps for whatever administration is in power.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber-stamps
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What Employers Should Do Now Regardless of whether Governor Newsom signs the bill, employers should begin preparing.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Weaver emphasizes that support shouldn’t end once a candidate signs an offer.—
Alyshia Hull,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Employers increasingly wonder whether campuses are cultivating independent thinkers or just cautious followers.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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His family was denied access to his body for days after his death, fueling suspicions of foul play among followers.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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The restaurant awaits permits to serve beer, wine and mimosas.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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Notably, military officials overseeing the Washington deployment declared early on that while Title 32 permits troops to make arrests, they are not authorized to do so in this case.—
Alex Horton,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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The United States may be entering into an era of heightened political violence and assassination with some echoes to the 1960s.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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The series throws its 292 fallen samurai warriors into a fight to the death and, ultimately, for the winner, untold riches, with period echoes of FX’s wildly successful Shogun and plot echoes of Netflix’s own blockbuster Squid Game.—
Mathew Scott,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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Anthropic endorses new California AI bill.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Caucus faces another hurdle as Etherton acknowledged the organization needs to raise another $15,000 to implement alternative voting quickly after the October annual meeting if the membership endorses the proposal.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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However, although Strategy’s strategy has inspired imitators, the risks remain substantial.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Critics started using the ungainly term Apatowian to describe his imitators.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Both medical and recreational use are legal in Colorado, and New Mexico passed a law this year that legalizes certain medical uses.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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This is especially true for Reddit, which is a public company that is heavily reliant on advertising and licenses content to AI companies.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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The bills with the most juice spring from a critical state audit of the Department of Health Care Services (which licenses and regulates non-medical addiction treatment centers).—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Rubber-stamps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber-stamps. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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