ratification

noun

Definition of ratificationnext
as in indorsement

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Recent Examples of ratification 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 The development process is inherently complex, involving extensive discussions and regulatory approvals, and while Wi-Fi 7 has yet to receive formal ratification, advancements for Wi-Fi 8 are already underway. — Mark Vena, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 The findings will go to the La Jolla Community Planning Association for ratification or further review before being heard at the city level. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ratification
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratification
  1. sanction
  2. approval
  3. support
  4. endorsement
  5. vote
  6. approbation
  7. backing
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
  • Failure to comply with these requirements may subject the company to administrative or judicial sanctions.
    — Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of sanction
Noun
  • The president needs congressional approval to shutter the department.
    — Fred L. Pincus, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that these kits qualify as gene therapies, which require FDA approval for use in the United States.4 Your Body Gets Much Older at These Two Ages, Study Shows What Are the Risks Associated With Biohacking at Home?
    — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of approval
Noun
  • The director of Voice of America said that more than 1,300 journalists, producers and support staff have been placed on administrative leave following Donald Trump‘s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The bill passed Friday evening in a 54-46 vote, with the support of Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with Democrats.
    — Sophia Vento, The Hill, 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
  • The bill ultimately passed Friday evening with a final vote 54-46.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • And while Democrats have been pushing for a vote on a fourth short-term extension, GOP leadership made clear that option was a non-starter.
    — Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of vote
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
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of backing

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