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noun

Definition of rubber stampnext
as in echo
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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verb

as in to sign

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Recent Examples of rubber stamp
Noun
This is somebody who would use his office to enrich himself, that would be a rubber stamp for the president, and would do nothing for the people of Texas. — NBC news, 31 May 2026 Their bills just need a rubber stamp from the Legislature. — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Verb
When a model recommends an action, a second system carries it out, and a human rubber-stamps it, responsibility starts to dissolve. — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Grand juries often rubber-stamp prosecutors’ allegations. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rubber stamp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber stamp
  1. echo
  2. sign
  3. follower
  4. initial
  5. imitator
  6. permit
  7. endorse
  8. enable
Noun
  • Sarandos’ comments echo remarks Head of UCAN Scripted Series Jinny Howe made to Deadline last week.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 16 July 2026
  • But Thomas Tuchel took those echoes and put a colossal microphone in front of them, cranking up the decibels to make this failure worse than the others.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of echo
Verb
  • The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on June 14 to halt hostilities, prompting gas to fall back below $4 a few days later.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Piece by piece, his group traded for Anthony Rizzo, Jake Arrieta and Kyle Hendricks; drafted Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber; signed free agents Jon Lester, Ben Zobrist and Dexter Fowler; and hired Joe Maddon, the perfect manager for that moment.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of sign
Noun
  • Mascots, once an afterthought, are celebrities—Gritty, the beguiling ogre that represents Philadelphia’s hockey team, the Flyers, has significantly more Instagram followers than any of the team’s players.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • Johnson, known as DreamDoll Brii on social media, was a budding influencer with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram and more than 500,000 on her TikTok account _itgirbri.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Definition of follower
Verb
  • Before the contracts reach Noem, they must be approved by a series of political appointees, who each sign or initial a checklist sometimes referred to internally as a routing sheet.
    — Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • While Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed agreements affirming their commitment to sign a peace treaty, only their foreign ministers have initialed the text of the treaty.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of initial
Noun
  • But the arrival of Buc-ee's supercharged the trend and spawned imitators like Wally's, which has three 50,000-square-foot locations in the Midwest, with plans for more.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • The frontier labs keep shipping the next capability while the imitators are still training on the last one, and the value keeps accruing to whoever is ahead rather than to whoever copied the leader's previous answers.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of imitator
Verb
  • Basabe seemed unaware of the man’s presence in the courthouse, after Marsh had ruled before trial that the man would not be permitted as a witness.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • The Uniform Time Act of 1966 act permitted moving clocks forward one hour in March, and back one hour in November.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of permit
Verb
  • Democratic primary challengers include former state legislator Amish Shah and Marlene Galán-Woods, a former television news anchor endorsed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
    — Terry Collins, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Brunch backlash Does welcoming a political candidate into a business amount to endorsing his campaign?
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of endorse
Verb
  • Launched last year, Cascade has already enabled clients to secure significant projects, validating its approach.
    — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Some of it, though, was enabled by new-age American stadiums.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of enable

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