homologation

noun

Definition of homologationnext
as in sanction

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homologation
  1. sanction
  2. approval
  3. ratification
  4. support
  5. endorsement
  6. approbation
  7. rubber stamp
Noun
  • This event launched a global drive for diversification, with gold emerging as a preferred asset due to its independence from political and economic sanctions.
    — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The Russian financial institutions that had been exempt from sanctions included Vnesheconombank, Bank Financial Corporation Otkritie, Sovcombank, Sberbank, VTB Bank, Alfa-Bank, Rosbank, Bank Zenit, Bank Saint-Petersburg and the Central Bank of Russia.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of sanction
Noun
  • The restart is subject to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Both efforts ultimately failed to meet the 60% voter approval for passage.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of approval
Noun
  • The Federalist Papers, the 85 essays written to persuade voters to support ratification, were suffused with this optimism.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Now, workers will be placed on a wage scale based on their years of service upon contract ratification and will move laterally on the wage scale over the life of the four-year contracts.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of ratification
Noun
  • For caregivers, consider how communities have created lifelines to showcase that support exists and that the journey does not have to be siloed.
    — Simone E. Morris, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Concern arose over one of the two clamp arms on the Falcon rocket's support structure that needs to tilt away right before liftoff.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of support
Noun
  • The next day his campaign received a game-changing boost with the announcement of President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
    — Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Zelenskyy remains popular; his endorsement matters As a defiant wartime leader, President Zelenskyy’s popularity was very high in the immediate months after the invasion.
    — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of endorsement
Noun
  • On the floor, Biles’ every routine Tuesday received a studied silence, and every landing received raucous approbation.
    — Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
  • But where the standard Meyers heroine would fuss herself into a fugue state of approbation, Anne remains oddly unruffled.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 29 June 2024
Definition of approbation
Noun
  • Trump White House: San Diego County must not be a rubber stamp for any presidential administration — whether Democrat or Republican.
    — Louis A Fuentes, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Those prints are made by using the body casts essentially as rubber stamps.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of rubber stamp
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