reapprove

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Recent Examples of reapprove Last year, Congress reapproved the Violence Against Women Act with Bree’s Law provisions. Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023 In 2019, the Texas Legislature appropriated $1.5 million to join ERIC, an appropriation that was reapproved in 2021. Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023 The Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board first approved the project in December 2017 and reapproved it in February 2021, also requiring the company to enter good-faith negotiations with neighborhood representatives. Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023 The group also took a swipe at McConnell, who has criticized Scott’s proposal to sunset all federal legislation after five years unless reapproved by Congress, including Medicare and Social Security. Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2023 Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, also called in his 11-point plan for forcing Congress to have to reapprove every federal program after five years, a measure that would put entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare in jeopardy. Washington Post, 10 May 2022 As Ohio’s budgeting cycle only lasts for two years, state lawmakers must reapprove unspent money for projects that take longer than two years to complete. Laura Hancock, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022 Although the major funding bills originated in the House, Senate amendments mean House lawmakers must review and reapprove those measures before they could be sent to the governor. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapprove
Verb
  • The live experiments set the stage for validating computer models that predict how future fusion machines like ITER, the world’s biggest science collaboration in history, and the UK’s STEP prototype will behave under similar conditions.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Neiman’s collaborator is retiring its 2040 net-zero goal, which was established in June 2021 after its 30 percent reduction was validated by the SBTi the year before.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly a third of entry-level professionals who studied a course or certificate in the past year secured a salary raise.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Their strategic planning encompasses trustees, administrators, upper management and certificated and classified employees and includes the district’s various departments such as finance, maintenance and operations, transportation and counseling, Bjork said.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • There are a thousand or so sanctioned rodeos every year around the country—the pro kind can offer million-dollar purses—but there are also many more smaller rodeos held every week on family ranches, 4-H fairgrounds, or tribal land.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • An undercover operation in 2022 revealed that Komarczyk and his associate, Irazmar Carbajal, agreed to move $100,000 of what the FBI believed to be sanctioned money belonging to members of Venezuela’s government.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This use of terror designations does more than merely aim to legitimize military buildup and action to the south of the United States.
    Alexander Langlois, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Gods have been especially helpful in this task of corralling the manual labor of the people and legitimizing it symbolically.
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Designated Officials who do not revalidate their accounts by July 29, 2025, will need to request access to the account again, either as a Designated Official or as a user of another type.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
  • They must be revalidated every few years to ensure high levels of implementation.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • It’s been reported Engelbert may be out after the WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement is ratified.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • It was reported not long after Collier’s press conference that Engelbert isn’t expected to be retained as commissioner once the new collective bargaining agreement is ratified.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Manufacturers must pay a $500 fee per vaping device when certifying their products and recertify them each year for the same fee. Vapes that contain hemp are exempt for now but will have to be listed on the directory starting July 1, 2026.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Any agent who has cleared probation can apply for Horse Patrol, and agents must recertify regularly to keep skills fresh.
    Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Reapprove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapprove. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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