1
as in to reject
to be unwilling to grant
the committee disapproved the proposal to allow casino gambling in the state
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2
as in to refuse
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
disapproved the first set of blueprints submitted by the firm
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Recent Examples of disapprove
Every single reliable poll shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of Trump.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Several attempts to revamp the mall and restore it to its glory days as a hot shopping destination have failed over the years, mainly because nearby residents have disapproved.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
The client this time is another high-profile Black man in an interracial relationship with his stylist, who turns up dead and whom his family disapproves of.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
In the morning before Together for Palestine, the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, acknowledged that the majority of Brits disapprove of Israel’s actions in Palestine.
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Several attempts to revamp the mall and restore it to its glory days as a hot shopping destination have failed over the years, mainly because nearby residents have disapproved.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
The client this time is another high-profile Black man in an interracial relationship with his stylist, who turns up dead and whom his family disapproves of.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
In the morning before Together for Palestine, the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, acknowledged that the majority of Brits disapprove of Israel’s actions in Palestine.
—Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disapprove
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The letter also called for the return of mandatory standardized testing in university admissions and for universities to report the anonymous scores and grades of accepted and rejected students.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a June ruling, a three-judge Kansas Court of Appeals panel rejected Kobach’s arguments in no uncertain terms.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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My adoptive parents had refused to allow contact or send pictures, and didn’t tell me about her attempt to communicate with us for years after the fact.—
Nicole Chung,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Federal officials refused to return him, accusing him of being a gang member, despite judges’ orders that he should be sent back to the United States.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Republicans argue Democrats want to fund health care for immigrants in the country illegally, a claim Democrats deny.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Once there, she was assigned a bare mattress on the floor and denied religious accommodations, including Halal meals, her lawyers said.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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And some items, though limited, have seen prices decline, including Graeter’s Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip ice cream, Montgomery Inn’s full rack of ribs, Pringles potato chips and Red and Blue Bicycle Playing cards (though a standard deck has risen 11% in line with the overall index.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Oct. 2025
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Netflix has declined to comment on Musk’s campaign.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Disapprove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disapprove. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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