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a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
an author who was ultimately just another rubber stamp of Hemingway
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Recent Examples of rubber stamp
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Having a regulatory framework gives the industry a broad rubber stamp to keep chugging along now that the rules are clearer and the few bad apples have been rooted out.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 13 Sep. 2024
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
But weird can be good, especially at the Emmys, an awards show that tends to rubber-stamp nominees year after year.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Brown is casting Moreno as a wealthy businessman who is out for himself, and Moreno, R-Ohio, slams Brown as a career politician who is a rubber stamp for President Joe Biden and Harris.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Having a regulatory framework gives the industry a broad rubber stamp to keep chugging along now that the rules are clearer and the few bad apples have been rooted out.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 13 Sep. 2024
Verb
Approval from the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission is still need to rubber-stamp the agreement.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
But weird can be good, especially at the Emmys, an awards show that tends to rubber-stamp nominees year after year.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber stamp
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The echoes of the audience shouting the lyrics ricocheted off the packed arena's walls.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Madrid offers them vivid impressions, warm sun and echoes of powerful kings.Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Luxury-real-estate shoppers, in fact, seem to have had a little spring in their step: signing 39 Manhattan contracts, more than anytime since March, according to Donna Olshan, who tracks the Manhattan luxury-real-estate market.Kim Velsey, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024
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Abbott on signed a bill to permanently allow Texans to drink and roam.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The actor, 98, shared a video on Instagram on Monday, Nov. 4 — the day before the presidential election — to encourage his followers to vote for Democrat candidate Kamala Harris.Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The manager continued, seemingly urging his own followers to inquire about J. Prince’s criminal records.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The serial numbers on those seals are written on a form that is then initialed by the chief inspector and a member of the Board of Absentee Canvassers.Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
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When those match, it’s marked approved the approver initials the envelope.Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
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Voters in all states are entitled to certain rights and subject to restrictions, though some vary by state—such as same-day registration, which is only permitted in about half of all states.Conor Murray, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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For this vital right to be effective, election officials must be permitted to do their jobs free from improper partisan influence, physical threats, or any other conduct designed to intimidate.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Asked why Polis endorsed Kennedy in light of his often-conspiratorial stances, a spokesman for the governor responded by referring to a subsequent Polis social media post.Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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In no uncertain terms, economic discontent drove Latino men’s vote, said Clarissa Martinez de Castro, vice president of the Latino Vote Initiative for UnidosUS, a national Latino advocacy group whose social welfare arm, UnidosUS Action Fund, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The agency said the park’s enabling act prohibits it from authorizing housing for members of the public uncoupled to ranching.Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But a dedicated federal funding source could enable similar roadway reboots nationwide.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Rubber stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber%20stamp. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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