reapprove

Definition of reapprovenext

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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
  • Human personnel still play important roles in designing, managing, interpreting, validating, evaluating, repairing and protecting their systems and data flows.
    Jon R. Lindsay, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Let their struggles validate yours.
    Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Weeks later, eight individuals and two entities, including North Korean bankers and institutions, were sanctioned for laundering funds derived from cybercrime and IT worker fraud schemes.
    Lisa Cavazuti, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The shadow fleet is being sanctioned vessel by vessel, the teapot refineries are being designated, and the front company networks are being dismantled.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Khamenei was both Hezbollah’s political ally and its paramount spiritual guide; the group followed his religious rulings and used his authority to legitimize violent acts.
    Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The lineup has a pulse — mostly because Bryce Eldridge is a monstrous human being who looks poised to legitimize the bottom third of the lineup with glove-exploding exit velocities.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Their goal is to revalidate nearly 6,000 providers by the summer.
    Aki Nace, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • The musicians voted unanimously in late April 2019 to ratify a contract that settled the matters.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Who will run the government, sign peace deals, ratify arms control agreements?
    Douglas J. Feith, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026

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“Reapprove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapprove. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.

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