reapprove

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Recent Examples of reapprove Last year, Congress reapproved the Violence Against Women Act with Bree’s Law provisions. Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023 The order reapproves a Trump-era decision to allow exports from the project to nations with which the U.S. does not have a free-trade agreement. Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023 In 2019, the Texas Legislature appropriated $1.5 million to join ERIC, an appropriation that was reapproved in 2021. Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023 The Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board first approved the project in December 2017 and reapproved it in February 2021, also requiring the company to enter good-faith negotiations with neighborhood representatives. Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023 The group also took a swipe at McConnell, who has criticized Scott’s proposal to sunset all federal legislation after five years unless reapproved by Congress, including Medicare and Social Security. Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2023 Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, also called in his 11-point plan for forcing Congress to have to reapprove every federal program after five years, a measure that would put entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare in jeopardy. Washington Post, 10 May 2022 Although the major funding bills originated in the House, Senate amendments mean House lawmakers must review and reapprove those measures before they could be sent to the governor. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2021 As Ohio’s budgeting cycle only lasts for two years, state lawmakers must reapprove unspent money for projects that take longer than two years to complete. Laura Hancock, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapprove
Verb
  • Effective strategies include extensive customer interviews, iterative prototyping and continuous feedback loops to validate your solutions.
    Will Fan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Electoral regulators still must validate the vote, though that is viewed as a formality.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • The Nepal government, which issues certificates for successful summits, has yet to make an official statement. Guides and climbers told Outside that other factors are contributing to the sizable crowds on the mountain.
    Dewan Rai, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2022
  • About 15 classified and certificated employees spoke at the meeting to loud applause about why their positions were critical to helping students and running the school district efficiently.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • That order had already been used to sanction ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
  • In 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Mohamed’s Enterprise — one of Guyana’s largest gold firms — for allegedly bribing customs officials and failing to report exports.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • In one of the many anecdotes, Acharya tells us how Wu – who reigned between A.D. 690 and 705 – took imagery from Indian Buddhism to legitimize her claim to the Tang dynasty throne.
    Abhijnan Rej, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
  • What is Barlow, and also Hoang, saying here about what an ‘artist’ looks like, what art is legitimized and how that might change over time?
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • Quality control operations teams revalidate processes—say, for example, customer calls, where each of the calls is reviewed on several parameters like accuracy, compliance and customer sentiment.
    Balmukund Shukla, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • They must be revalidated every few years to ensure high levels of implementation.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • As of June 9, 2025, 49 countries (plus the European Union) had ratified, just 11 short of the 60 needed.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Although Congress passed a three-year extension to the deadline in 1978, not enough states ratified the amendment in time.
    Sarah Bedford, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • Since borrowers must use the IDR application to comply with the requirement to recertify their income annually, some were unable to recertify during the application outage, leading to substantial increases in monthly payments in some cases once the recertification deadline lapsed.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Failing to recertify on time can trigger a jump in payments and interest capitalization.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Reapprove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapprove. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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