APPROBATED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

approbated

verb

past tense of approbate

as in approved

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory Congress must approbate the President's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court

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The decision by the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee will need to be approved by the full organization, which is scheduled to meet in August.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
If approved, the course would be located along Brush Creek between Old Town Creekside and Interstate 435 at 15550 Old Town Dr.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

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The Sacramento City Teachers Association and Sacramento City Unified School District have ratified a new labor agreement expected to provide more than $97 million in financial relief and help the district avoid insolvency.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
Sheinbaum has said that little evidence has emerged to substantiate claims of cartels interfering with elections, and noted that a state-level electoral tribunal ratified Rocha’s win in Sinaloa, after examining reports of irregularities.

— Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

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Zuckerberg acknowledged the potential to generate additional revenue by renting its computing infrastructure to other companies, and confirmed that Meta has plans to get into the cloud business, promising an update soon.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Mike Vrabel, a spokesperson for the Virginia National Guard, confirmed that Patty served for 21 years, including a deployment to Iraq from 2004 to 2005.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

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