ratification

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Recent Examples of ratification Congress gained the power to tax income with the ratification of the 16th Amendment in 1913. David A. Lieb, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026 Russia signed and ratified, but revoked its ratification in 2023. ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026 District officials had declined comment on contract specifics, pending the ratification vote. Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 Following the ratification of the Boston Teachers Union 2024-2027 contract last April, retroactive pay for BPS employees soared to over $27 million in 2025, according to payroll data, compared to just $18,000 in 2024. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ratification
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratification
Noun
  • The research house warns that China's non-compliance with the sanctions could prompt Washington to launch a second round of restrictions to clamp down on the Sino-Iranian trade.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 10 May 2026
  • Magyar recently claimed that several of Orbán’s top lieutenants are rushing to send their assets abroad, perhaps to avoid financial or legal sanctions, and that others have been shredding incriminating documents.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Those deals do not require approval.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Thornberg is in the process of seeking zoning approval for 53 units.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • The only other two candidates to get double-digit support were Bianco and Becerra.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • Public First has spent four hundred and fifty thousand dollars in support of Bores.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Porter has scored some key endorsements.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Lochte, 41, was one of the faces of swimming during the heights of his career, with major sponsorships, endorsements and appearances on TV shows displaying his lively personality.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • After all, plenty of the lawmakers who voted for the bill got into office winning votes from a majority of those who cast ballots on election day, not a majority of all voters in their districts.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
  • If so, the effort would still require more than 5,000 signatures from residents across the county to be put to a vote, the outlet reported.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Among her responsibilities were the finalization of an economic development plan for the next four years and to implement the Local Development Program for the 145 Territories, an initiative to reduce regional inequalities in the country.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026
  • There are also four topics awaiting finalization of draft recommendations, including the self-collection of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing for cervical cancer for the first time.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Scalping tickets wasn’t new, of course, but Kahn believed that its formalization online provided sports teams, and other entertainment businesses, with valuable information about demand that could enable them to make more money without alienating their most loyal fans.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Hariharan and his colleagues had planned for part of the formalization to be the basis of a student’s undergraduate thesis.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While the heartbeat of the play remains with Caroline and Maddie, Rhea certainly earns our sympathy if not our approbation.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His attorneys portrayed his accusers as Hollywood wannabes and hangers-on who willingly hooked up with him to court opportunity, then recast the encounters as crimes years later to collect settlement funds and #MeToo approbation.
    Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025

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