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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
  • Make sure your legal team reviews and approves AI tools, policies and business processes on a regular basis.
    — Eleonora Liapina, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Possible Finance approves loans of up to $500 with no FICO credit check.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 25 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
Verb
  • In real life, the actor is married to Daisy Ridley, who originated the role of Rey, though Scanlon confirms this connection didn’t influence his casting.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The check confirms that a user controls an eligible mobile number.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of confirms
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“Approbates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approbates. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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