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a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
an author who was ultimately just another rubber stamp of Hemingway
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Recent Examples of rubber stamps
ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
University governing boards are also appropriately imposing rules governing behavior and becoming less rubber stamps for administrative wishes.
—Richard K. Vedder, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Americans' primary oversight entities—rather than rooting out waste and misconduct—now are poised to be rubber stamps for whatever administration is in power.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
The largely ceremonial legislature rubber stamps decisions that have been made by the ruling Communist Party.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
University governing boards are also appropriately imposing rules governing behavior and becoming less rubber stamps for administrative wishes.
—Richard K. Vedder, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Americans' primary oversight entities—rather than rooting out waste and misconduct—now are poised to be rubber stamps for whatever administration is in power.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber stamps
Noun
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Over on Deuxmoi, followers debated the significance of this report about Jenner and Elordi.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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But in the years since then, many of her followers have expressed concern over her mental health, citing her social media posts.—
Chloe Melas,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The hotel giant Hilton is seeing evidence of improvement at its US middle-market brands, including more mid-week business travel, signs the middle class is starting to participate in a recovery that has been led by high earners, CEO Chris Nassetta said Tuesday at Semafor World Economy.—
Cory Schouten,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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The audience doesn’t care who signs the checks.—
Jonathan Hunt,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Thousands took to the streets, and police responded by using rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons to disperse the protests, in a show of force that carried echoes of 1956.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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But travel through this stretch of the West Coast on the trail of the American writer and there are echoes of his world all around you.—
Alexandra Genova,
TheWeek,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The 2025 Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act, or HEAR Act, expands on a 2016 law, signed by President Barack Obama, that permits victims and descendants of victims of the Holocaust to lay legal claim to works of art looted by the Nazis or sold to the Nazis under false pretenses.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Screening Partnership Program, or SPP, permits airports to apply for private companies to provide airport security screening at their checkpoints.—
Sheldon H. Jacobson,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Swimbaits, stick baits, creature baits, crawfish imitators, and big ribbontail worms will all catch fish on a Texas rig.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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For decades, Gallup’s company and its imitators improved their techniques.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And, for the record, Wendy's endorses the practice of dipping salty fries into sweet Frostys.—
Bob Vitale,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Founded in 1935, the Lake Forest Caucus vets residents interested in serving on city boards and commissions and endorses candidates for local offices, including mayor, City Council, and the city’s two local public school boards.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In December, the Chicago City Council passed a provision in the 2026 budget that legalizes licensing of unregulated video gambling terminals within the city limits.—
Julie Darling,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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This is in reference to Assembly Bill 720, a new California law which for the first time, legalizes tastings and wine sales at California vineyards.—
Jess Lander,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The company licenses its brand but does not own hotels.—
Cory Schouten,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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The South Korean startup competes not only with Nvidia but also with a growing list of other startups from Cerebras to Groq — a company that Nvidia licenses technology from.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Rubber stamps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber%20stamps. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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