How to Use ratify in a Sentence

ratify

verb

• A number of countries have refused to ratify the treaty.
• Now, all that was left was for the owners to ratify the deal.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
• Whether the deal is ratified may not have much to do with AI.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
• But the Bill of Rights was ratified more than eight years after the Treaty of Paris was signed.
  — Rich Logis, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
• If ratified, the contract would bring on new wages, up to 12 weeks of parental leave and more.
  — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
• If ratified, the CBA will last through the 2030 season.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• The nurses still have to vote to ratify the new, four-year agreement.
  — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• The union will vote to ratify the deal, likely next week.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
• Still, not enough states had ratified the ERA by the time the second deadline came around.
  — Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
• Nurses will now vote on whether to ratify the contracts by the end of next week.
  — Jenny Gross, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• Texas was the ninth state to ratify the amendment giving women the right to vote.
  — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2020
• All amendments must be ratified by three-fourths of the states.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2020
• Union members will vote on whether to ratify the deal next week.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
• The United States is one of the few countries in the world that didn't ratify the global ban.
  — Hiroko Tabuchi and Michael Corkery New York Times, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
• Let the record show that Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment.
  — USA Today, 13 Aug. 2020
• The online vote to ratify the three-year pact ends Monday.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
• And just to be able to finally ratify that treaty and be able to say, this is our home.
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
• It then must be ratified by three-quarters of the states to become law.
  — Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
• Has a top jockey in the irons, but can’t see him being ratified here.
  — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
• The British Parliament is set to meet on Dec. 30 to ratify the accord.
  — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 25 Dec. 2020
• The discounts must be ratified by the full board Wednesday...
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2020
• The 14th Amendment was passed and ratified just after the Civil War.
  — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 11 May 2023
• Once that plan is ratified, the project will be put out to bid, and construction could begin by the end of next year.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
• One hundred years ago, the women’s right to vote was ratified by the U.S. Congress.
  — Halley Bondy, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2020
• The deal is still pending an MFT members' vote to ratify the contract.
  — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2022
• Just because the deal was ratified doesn’t mean the concerns of those who opposed the deal have vanished.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2020
• The new contract was ratified last week, putting thousands of people back to work.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
• The union’s national board is set to vote on whether to ratify the contract in July.
  — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
• The amendment was ratified in 1951, in the wake of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s four terms in office.
  — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
• Then, three-fourths of the state legislatures would have to ratify the amendment.
  — Allison Kiehl, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025