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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If approved, new local sales taxes in Olathe would pay back the stadium bonds instead of going toward other local government functions.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026 -
The county has approved the extra occupancy at Harvest Farm through March of this year.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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The United States has not ratified the convention but generally treats its provisions as customary law.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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The win came after the 30-team ECHL and its players’ union ratified a new five-year collective-bargaining agreement.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 Jan. 2026
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Things became clearer on December 28, when Dreame released teaser images and confirmed that its first car would debut at CES 2026.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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His maiden first-class — let alone Test — century was confirmed with a tension-lancing scythe over midwicket in the final session, writes Dominic Fifield.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Approbated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approbated. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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