How to Use ratify in a Sentence

ratify

verb
  • A number of countries have refused to ratify the treaty.
  • Now, all that was left was for the owners to ratify the deal.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Whether the deal is ratified may not have much to do with AI.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
  • But the Bill of Rights was ratified more than eight years after the Treaty of Paris was signed.
    — Rich Logis, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • If ratified, the contract would bring on new wages, up to 12 weeks of parental leave and more.
    — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The nurses still have to vote to ratify the new, four-year agreement.
    — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The union will vote to ratify the deal, likely next week.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
  • Still, not enough states had ratified the ERA by the time the second deadline came around.
    — Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Nurses will now vote on whether to ratify the contracts by the end of next week.
    — Jenny Gross, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Texas was the ninth state to ratify the amendment giving women the right to vote.
    — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Union members will vote on whether to ratify the deal next week.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The main reason: The United States is one of the few countries in the world that didn't ratify the global ban.
    — Hiroko Tabuchi and Michael Corkery New York Times, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The online vote to ratify the three-year pact ends Monday.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
  • And just to be able to finally ratify that treaty and be able to say, this is our home.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • It then must be ratified by three-quarters of the states to become law.
    — Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The British Parliament is set to meet on Dec. 30 to ratify the accord.
    — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 25 Dec. 2020
  • The 14th Amendment was passed and ratified just after the Civil War.
    — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 11 May 2023
  • Once that plan is ratified, the project will be put out to bid, and construction could begin by the end of next year.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The deal is still pending an MFT members' vote to ratify the contract.
    — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The new contract was ratified last week, putting thousands of people back to work.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The amendment was ratified in 1951, in the wake of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s four terms in office.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • How would Utah women’s lives change if the state ratified the Equal Rights Amendment?
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Howze said the company's first choice is to get a deal that UAW members will ratify.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Once passed through Congress, the amendment must be ratified by at least 38 states.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Once the board approves the deal, members will vote on ratifying it.
    — Reuters, CNN, 19 July 2024
  • And that loose target was based on the need for each EU country to ratify the deal in time for its entry into force on Jan. 1.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2020
  • At least one or two more countries may ratify it in coming days or weeks.
    — Rick Gladstone, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2020
  • The City Council will hold a second vote on Feb. 8 to ratify the ordinance.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The strike will end when the studios and the union agree on a new contract, and the majority of union members vote to ratify that contract.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2023
  • But the invasion would be reserved, not ratified, as Trump and Vance and Putin are seeking.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025

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