How to Use approve in a Sentence

approve

verb
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  • The state has approved the building plans, so work on the new school can begin immediately.
  • Your supervisor must approve the report before it can be sent.
  • I don't care if all the other parents are letting their kids do it; I still don't approve.
  • San Diego is the second city in the county to approve a blanket PLA.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The contract failed because there was a lack of four votes needed to approve it.
    — Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The casting company does the casting and the networks approve it.
    — William Earl, Variety, 9 June 2023
  • The House passed the defense bill Thursday, and the Senate is expected to approve it this week.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2022
  • McMurtry pleaded with Mitchell to convince the others on the Village Board to approve the space.
    — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2024
  • The city council has 60 days to vote to approve the nomination.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2024
  • The owners will have to vote on what the negotiators have hammered out, and the players will have to vote to approve the deal as well.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • After the vote to approve, applause broke out from members of the public, who packed the meeting to speak out before the vote.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2023
  • If plans for the tunnel’s next phase are approved later this fall, though, the space will likely come roaring back to life.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Hawaii approved a law this year to invest more in research utilizing AI tools in the health care field.
    — Bret Baier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The town had approved a $2.3 million contract with Rivers Construction Group of Jessup to do the work.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The athletes then have to approve the image and check that the information on the collectible is correct.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The town said all permits submitted by L.L. Bean have been approved.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
  • What the change will be depends on which of the two competing measures are approved by voters.
    — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Oregon was the first state to approve it, through a 1994 ballot initiative.
    — Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The Common Council approved the street closing in 2016.
    — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The next trend was curtain bangs, something Aniston and many others approve of.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Funds shall be expended during the year they were approved.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
  • In France, companies say change is needed because the process to approve a work permit can take up to two years.
    — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The expansion on the land purchase approved by the city council will push Blue Origin to about 1 million square feet in Huntsville.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 26 May 2023
  • Plus, the gel is dispensed through a no-touch applicator to avoid mess, and it's approved for use on children over two years old.
    — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Although young babies are most at risk, the flu vaccine isn't approved for infants younger than 6 months.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The Senate then voted 28-1 to approve the House’s version of the legislation.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The board also approved buying four diesel school buses and one electric school bus.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • The Central Election Bureau approved the request and said scanned reports were due to be sent in by Sunday night.
    — Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Perhaps the biggest problems are that supervisors approved as lawful 99% of stops, frisks and searches, frequently rubber-stamping behavior that clearly failed to comply with the rules.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Also, in 2023 RSV vaccines for older adults and pregnant people were finally approved, and that may have protected more individuals.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2025

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