as in approval
an acceptance of something as satisfactory
that plan has the approbation of the school board
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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approbation
approval
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Twelve years after the Kewaunee Power Station shuttered, wounding the local economy, owner EnergySolutions is seeking government approval to build a new nuclear plant at the site — and is trying to buy hundreds of acres of farmland around it.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The American Chiropractic Association has endorsed Avocado mattresses since 2020 and the mattress is 100% organic from its materials to production process, which gives Kovac all the more reason to give the bed a five-star approval from me.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Approbation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approbation. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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