How to Use approve in a Sentence

approve

verb

• The state has approved the building plans, so work on the new school can begin immediately.
• Your supervisor must approve the report before it can be sent.
• I don't care if all the other parents are letting their kids do it; I still don't approve.
• Trump has pressed the House to get the bill sent to his desk once the Senate approves it.
  — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
• If the bill passes the House, the Senate will have to vote on whether to approve the changes the House made.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2022
• And Allen points out that Joseph Smith’s father-in-law didn’t approve of him.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022
• San Diego is the second city in the county to approve a blanket PLA.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• The school board unanimously approved the new name for the school last March.
  — Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 3 Aug. 2025
• The product is approved for children as young as 2 years old and up to adults aged 49.
  — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
• To go before voters, the levy would first need to be approved by the City Council.
  — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2025
• Can a bank trust AI to approve a mortgage, flag fraud, or run a forecast?
  — Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
• The state Board of Public Works must still approve the state’s share of the settlement payment.
  — Christine Condon, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
• The contract failed because there was a lack of four votes needed to approve it.
  — Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2022
• Earlier this month, the pope approved a new three-year reform process for the Catholic Church.
  — Christopher Lamb, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
• If the city does not approve the settlement by the end of July, the city will be assessed more than $8,000 a day in late fees.
  — Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022
• The city subsequently approved a sewer to serve the center of the city.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
• The casting company does the casting and the networks approve it.
  — William Earl, Variety, 9 June 2023
• If local officials approve the plan, the 54-room hotel would become the eighth in town, but the first in Plantsville.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2022
• The House passed the defense bill Thursday, and the Senate is expected to approve it this week.
  — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2022
• McMurtry pleaded with Mitchell to convince the others on the Village Board to approve the space.
  — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2024
• The city council has 60 days to vote to approve the nomination.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2024
• After more than a year, the deal was approved by the federal agency at the end of July.
  — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2025
• The owners will have to vote on what the negotiators have hammered out, and the players will have to vote to approve the deal as well.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
• After the vote to approve, applause broke out from members of the public, who packed the meeting to speak out before the vote.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2023
• If plans for the tunnel’s next phase are approved later this fall, though, the space will likely come roaring back to life.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2023
• Hawaii approved a law this year to invest more in research utilizing AI tools in the health care field.
  — Bret Baier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024
• The town had approved a $2.3 million contract with Rivers Construction Group of Jessup to do the work.
  — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
• It’s a Norse wellness refuge complete with cold plunges that even Wim Hof himself would approve of.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• Chief Justice John Roberts did not approve of ending Roe.
  — Tracy Wright, Fox News, 27 June 2022
• In Texas, 53% of voters approve of Trump's performance while 44% disapprove.
  — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2025