REAPPROVE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

reapprove

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Definition of reapprove

as in to reaccredit

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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 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 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

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Zero will now embark on an extensive sea trial period, during which her systems will be tested and validated.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
According to Chandana, about 80% of the technologies now flying on Vikram-1 — including its carbon-composite structures, solid propulsion system, avionics and thermal protection materials — were first validated during that mission.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of validate

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The board is expected to discuss the extreme measures Tuesday, Feb. 17. LAUSD employs more than 83,000 people, including teachers, administrators, certificated support personnel and substitutes, according to June 2025 data.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Trustees at the Ramona Unified School District voted unanimously Thursday to send layoff notices to 12 classified and certificated staff members and keep 28 vacant positions unfilled as a way to balance the budget.

— Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026

Definition of certificate

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The next day, Paxton’s office wrote to the conference warning that sanctioning Tech for supporting Sorsby was against the law and would carry consequences.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026
Entities recently sanctioned include Cuba’s Ministry of Tourism, the country’s main energy company Cupet, and GAESA, the military conglomerate that controls about 40% of the country’s economy.

— Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of sanction

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Peptide proponents like Rosebush counter that pharmaceutical companies have no interest in running the kind of costly studies on these peptides that are needed to legitimize them because many of them can't be patented.

— Will Stone, NPR, 8 July 2026
Yet this argument requires senators to actively affirm Blanche, which would legitimize his naked corruption of the law.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

Definition of legitimize

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The bill does not establish mechanisms to address the provider shortage, though Oz has previously said that all states will have to revalidate all of their providers, which has led to months of disruption in Minnesota.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 15 June 2026
By this point, Minnesota’s Human Services agency had already suspended new licenses in certain programs and started hiring additional staff to revalidate providers, as Oz had already threatened action against the state in December.

— Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 5 June 2026

Definition of revalidate

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But implementation was pushed from 2026 to 2028 — urged by industry, ratified by Congress.

— Katrine Wallace, STAT, 15 July 2026
The whole point of originalism, as espoused by the late Justice Antonin Scalia and (in theory) the court’s current conservatives, is that the meaning of the Constitution depends on what the public thought its words meant when it was ratified.

— Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

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