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
Kimmel’s comeback, set for Tuesday night, was approved by Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
The impending courtroom fights and potential statewide votes will determine whether the two priorities approved by Republican lawmakers will shape the state’s future or fall apart.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
In 2024, over 141,000 new visas were approved.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
In 2021, lawmakers approved a plan to expand those subsidies to more people.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approve
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Production workers DreamWorks Animation have officially ratified their first union contract since unionizing with the Animation Guild and the Motion Picture Editors Guild last year.—
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While undoubtedly a step forward, the agreement has not been ratified by either country.—
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The man, whose position CNN confirmed independently, said he could be arrested too, but that would not stop the business.—
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The Conejos County Coroner Richard Martin previously confirmed to PEOPLE that the men died after being struck by lightning.—
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Williams visited with medical personnel to finalize plans in case of an injury, such as Lewis Cine’s compound fracture in 2022.—
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Once the shelter is finalized, the state will have to come out and inspect it.—
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Many of those willing to speak out among the two dozen physicians who double as lawmakers declined to endorse unproven health advice on Tylenol usage that has been panned by other medical professionals as dangerous.—
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In April 2023, Mauti and board of trustees member Brandon Short, another former Penn State linebacker who played for Joe Paterno, endorsed opponents of Jay Paterno and Lubrano in a trustees election.—
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Advertisement Arisu accepts responsibility, and rolls a seven.—
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The findings, if widely accepted, would push back the emergence of our own species by 400,000 years and dramatically reshape what’s known about human origins.—
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Trump has authorized the use of the National Guard there as part of a similar crackdown, along with other federal agents who are all expected to start arriving as early as this week.—
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Before his death in 2023, Seidler had an especially close relationship with Preller and authorized previously unimaginable commitments for a smallish-market franchise.—
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“Approve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approve. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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