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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
  • These reflect their echolocation calls away at an angle, rather than returning them, which can then cause bats to mistake this perpendicular echo pattern for open water or completely empty space.
    — Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Diametrically across her on the opposite wall and in a disorienting symbiotic echo is a drawing of legendary football player Pelé.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026
Definition of echo
Verb
  • Ideally, Macario can return and provide a lift as Dudinha did late season, scoring seven goals in 10 games after general manager Camille Ashton signed her in the summer.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
  • Permanent advance voters, military and overseas voters and their spouses and dependents and those who have signed a declaration of religious objection form are exempt from needing photo ID in Kansas.
    — Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Definition of sign
Noun
  • His followers grew in numbers as did their intrigue about how to acquire said pints.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • That’s in addition to a main Underdog account with 341,000 followers.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 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
  • Few restaurateurs permit their staff as much creative freedom as owner-operator Kendall Lockwood; each drink on Ball and Biscuit’s signature cocktail menu is attributed to its creator, usually with a theme drawn from movies or TV.
    — USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • For example, even if a stock plan normally permits optionholders just 90 days to exercise after a termination of employment, the plan is likely to allow estates or beneficiaries up to one year from the date of death.
    — Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of permit
Verb
  • Miller is endorsed by Jackson County Executive Phil Levota, according to Ballotpedia, an online encyclopedia of elections.
    — Jack Harvel July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
  • The bill has been endorsed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of endorse
Verb
  • This enables crucial real-time adjustments, overcoming classical computing's struggle with dynamic network conditions.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Teams across the sector are focused heavily on full-duplex systems, or technology that enables natural, fluid back-and-forth conversations where users can interrupt the AI mid-sentence.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of enable

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