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approbates

verb

present tense third-person singular of approbate
as in approves
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory Congress must approbate the President's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court

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  1. approves
  2. ratifies
  3. confirms
Verb
  • Even tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz approves, having recently signed for the third hull.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Nobody approves a three-year AI program because a survey says 88% of companies have started one.
    — Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of approves
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  • Instead, party task forces (known as work teams) are mobilized to draft the verdict, colleagues from their workplace endorse it, and then a committee at a higher level of administration ratifies it.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The private sector’s role is to build the commercial reality that policy later ratifies.
    — Hany Naeem, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ratifies
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  • Research confirms that inconsistent entity signals create entity confusion in AI models.
    — Anshuman Dutta, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Rodriguez said the watchdog report confirms the conditions the detainees who were held there and their families said all along.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of confirms
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“Approbates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approbates. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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