as in echo
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
Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
The consequence of all this, people who have worked for FedRAMP told ProPublica, is that the program now is little more than a rubber stamp for industry.
—Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 18 Mar. 2026
Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Confirmation hearings for Federal Reserve chairs are usually staid, rubber-stamp affairs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Trump had already announced his intentions, so the vote amounted to little more than a rubber stamp.
—Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
The consequence of all this, people who have worked for FedRAMP told ProPublica, is that the program now is little more than a rubber stamp for industry.
—Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
County registrars will now validate signatures from both ballot measures and report the results to Secretary of State Shirley Weber, whose office will ultimately rubber-stamp the proposals to appear on voters’ ballots.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Confirmation hearings for Federal Reserve chairs are usually staid, rubber-stamp affairs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber stamp
Noun
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The incident — with a few uncomfortable echoes of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — has sparked concerns and questions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Viewers can expect this tale of neocolonialism with echoes of #MeToo to leave a sour taste in their mouths.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Shi spoke of the need to sign players determined to become Wolves legends.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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David and Samantha Anderson of East Los Angeles got a selfie with Turner, who signed two baseball cards for the couple.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Online, this generally meant that creators encouraged their followers to pair a healthy habit with a fun or existing one (scrolling while walking on the treadmill, for example) or to just link two good behaviors together (folding laundry between breaks of your at-home workout).—
Julia Landwehr,
Health,
18 May 2026
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With more than four million followers and billions of views across platforms, Garg has built a global fanbase through her sharp, deeply relatable observations on family, culture, and modern life.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
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Before the contracts reach Noem, they must be approved by a series of political appointees, who each sign or initial a checklist sometimes referred to internally as a routing sheet.—
Joshua Kaplan,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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While Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed agreements affirming their commitment to sign a peace treaty, only their foreign ministers have initialed the text of the treaty.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
10 Feb. 2026
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By early 1985, IBM—the computing giant that dominated corporate America—and its imitators had captured nearly half the personal computer market, up from about a third just months earlier.—
Geoffrey Cain,
Vanity Fair,
11 May 2026
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Well, actually the worst thing would be to have a — a really good imitator of any president that came along.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
9 May 2026
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Hernandez will continue competing under CIF rules permitting transgender participation and is scheduled to compete Saturday, May 16, before advancing to the CIF finals in Clovis later this month.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Current law permits officers who receive waivers to continue working until age 60, despite the standard mandatory retirement age of 57 or after 20 years of service, whichever comes later.—
Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Last August, party leaders traded votes to endorse judges based on relationships over merit.—
Adam Davis,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Prescriptions for an antiparasitic drug spiked for cancer patients after a celebrity endorsed the medication during a recent episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
Verb
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That can enable major cost reductions, especially in functions like HR, finance, customer service, and IT.—
Paul Goydan,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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While Capital One's lawsuit seeks damages, the bank said its primary goal of the litigation is to expose and deter bad actors and the firms that enable them.—
Stephanie Dhue,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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“Rubber stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber%20stamp. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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