as in to approve
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
Congress must approbate the President's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court
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Meanwhile, their supervisors, Kevin Bom and Gregory Merritt, were also accused by prosecutors of approving false reports that contradicted evidence of the abuse Gabriel was suffering.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
24 May 2025 -
Donors could have offered direct payments to the city that the council would have needed to approve publicly, the report said.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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Yet, Merz still struggled to ratify his chancellorship.—
Mark I. Vail,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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The right to automatic U.S. citizenship at birth was enshrined by the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 in the wake of the Civil War.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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“Approbate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approbate. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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