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Recent Examples of approbation On the floor, Biles’ every routine Tuesday received a studied silence, and every landing received raucous approbation. Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 30 July 2024 But where the standard Meyers heroine would fuss herself into a fugue state of approbation, Anne remains oddly unruffled. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 29 June 2024 But this institutional approbation also posed a kind of creative challenge. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023 Saakashvili sought approbation from Western press and American politicians, but that doesn't lessen his achievements. Natalia Antelava, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2013 See All Example Sentences for approbation
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approval
Noun
  • Certainly Thor is looking down with approval.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • That has allowed the city to put the new Clairemont plan on the fast track for approval, with committee and City Council public hearings scheduled for this fall.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Approbation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approbation. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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