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Recent Examples of ratification
Several years after the amendment’s ratification, Congress, in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, categorically denied Chinese immigrants eligibility for citizenship.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
This process involves approval from two-thirds of Congress and ratification by three-quarters of state legislatures.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Congress first passed the amendment in 1972 with a 7-year ratification deadline in its preamble (The deadline was extended by three years).
—April Rubin, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
The ratification laid the groundwork for the arrest warrant issued by the court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in May 2024.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
This process involves approval from two-thirds of Congress and ratification by three-quarters of state legislatures.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Congress first passed the amendment in 1972 with a 7-year ratification deadline in its preamble (The deadline was extended by three years).
—April Rubin, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
The ratification laid the groundwork for the arrest warrant issued by the court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in May 2024.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratification
Noun
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Should Chinese companies bypass sanctions and face stricter enforcement measures that eventually close these loopholes, Nvidia’s revenues could be affected.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Despite the sanctions, the company has remained busy.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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Eliminating the Department requires congressional approval, which an executive order cannot bypass.—
Edward Conroy,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Both efforts ultimately failed to meet the 60% voter approval for passage.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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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
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Concern arose over one of the two clamp arms on the Falcon rocket's support structure that needs to tilt away right before liftoff.—
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15 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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Most strikingly, at the provost level, typically the most critical step in the P&T process, a higher proportion of women letter writers was associated with a greater likelihood the candidate received a positive vote from the provost.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The bill ultimately passed Friday evening with a final vote 54-46.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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On the floor, Biles’ every routine Tuesday received a studied silence, and every landing received raucous approbation.—
Brendan Quinn,
The Athletic,
30 July 2024
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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
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Tesla shares have dropped significantly, reflecting, in part, worries about a consumer backlash to Elon Musk’s efforts to take a chainsaw to the federal government with the backing of President Donald Trump.—
Laurence Lim,
WWD,
11 Mar. 2025
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Now the Trump administration, with the full backing of the new VA Secretary Doug Collins, is planning to slash 83,000 jobs from the VA back to levels seen in 2019—stripping the very foundation of the care that veterans like me, and millions of others, rely on.—
Vedia Barnett,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Ratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratification. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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