rubber-stamping

verb

present participle of rubber-stamp
as in signing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber-stamping
  1. signing
  2. permitting
  3. sanctifying
  4. endorsing
  5. licensing
Verb
  • Arsenal, though, have gone in a different direction, signing expensive options in those positions who have created a logjam ahead of their Hale End academy boys.
    — Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Review it against your original Loan Estimate before signing anything.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of signing
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  • Additionally, CSquare is working with the village on permitting for four other temporary generators on site and needed to power critical workloads.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Department of Transportation’s permitting backlog, which this spring reportedly had hundreds of businesses waiting for a green light, hasn’t helped.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of permitting
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  • To say that the Union was sacred and the touchstone of democracy was to strengthen slavery by sanctifying the state that protected it.
    — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
  • But far from celebrating or sanctifying the throwing off of English rule, the story’s shocking ending portrays the patriots as a fiendish mob, and casts doubt on the bedrock American faith in prosperity.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Definition of sanctifying
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  • Days later, brokerages were told to stop publishing research endorsing stablecoins.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is once again considering endorsing her for mayor.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of endorsing
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  • Published in June, the authority’s plan, to which the public has until Sunday to respond, is laid out in its draft statement of licensing policy.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • By licensing both the reactor design and the fuel factory together, the company hopes to create a complete domestic fuel loop inside North America.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of licensing
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“Rubber-stamping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber-stamping. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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