RUBBER-STAMPING Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

rubber-stamping

verb

present participle of rubber-stamp

as in signing

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The former top-50 recruit became social media fodder for playing at four high schools in four years before eventually signing with Georgia.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Earlier this year, Chey posted photos and videos of himself with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, all signing a cast on Chey’s arm.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

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Sugano has yielded 18 home runs in 17 starts, allowing multiple homers in back-to-back starts and permitting at least one in five straight.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Thanks to the lobbying by Chevron and other fossil fuel companies, the current administration has cut all funding and permitting for renewable energy.

— U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

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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

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Moms for Liberty changed the political make-up of school boards across the state of Florida through a commitment to endorsing school board candidates.

— Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Brunch backlash Does welcoming a political candidate into a business amount to endorsing his campaign?

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 20 July 2026

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The business generated revenue of $974 million in the company’s latest quarterly report, with operating income of $479 million, enormous margins that reflect Disney’s heavy focus on licensing through partners like Champion.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
The Monopoly franchise has sold more than half a billion copies worldwide since Parker Brothers began licensing the game in 1935.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Definition of licensing

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