rubber stamps 1 of 2

noun

plural of rubber stamp
as in followers
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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rubber-stamps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rubber-stamp
as in signs

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Recent Examples of rubber stamps
Noun
Moreno enjoyed watching the kids decorate their sketchbooks, cleaning the rubber stamps when they were finished. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 There will be more rubber stamps on the way, as other shops still lag. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 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
  1. followers
  2. signs
  3. echoes
  4. permits
  5. imitators
  6. endorses
  7. legalizes
  8. licenses
Noun
  • First was comic and content creator, George Brett Olson, who did a breakdown (watch it below) accusing an AI Instagram account with 300,000 followers of seemingly ripped off his joke word for word.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The series has nearly 1 million followers across TikTok and Instagram.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of followers
Verb
  • The elderly driver, consumed by guilt, signs his house over to Yu Jie and covers his medical and living costs each month.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Each move is credited to the generation of whoever signs the contract, and customers must be 18 to rent a truck, so the youngest members of Gen Z aren’t captured.
    — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of signs
Noun
  • The echoes of this resonant throughout the ages and the vibrations from such are more relevant than ever.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Audiences will no doubt see broad echoes of what could have been in Ali’s passionate and often ruthless Latif.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of echoes
Verb
  • The federal program also permits scholarships for qualifying educational expenses that can benefit eligible public school students.
    — Claudia Nachtigal, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Florida law permits news-media witnesses at executions while prohibiting cameras in the observation room.
    — Richard Nichols, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of permits
Noun
  • Deafheaven broke the mold by introducing blinding light to rock music’s darkest corner, but after wave upon wave of imitators, the only subversion left is to blot out the sun.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Dadaists used this gleefully and compulsively (see René Clair and Francis Picabia’s wacky Entr’Acte); so, famously, did Hideo Nakata in Y2K hit The Ring and countless imitators.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of imitators
Verb
  • The American Cancer Society endorses both 2D and 3D options and says cost should not restrict access.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
  • While Levine Cava joined then-Commissioner Higgins in 2024 to block the Adrienne Arsht Center’s fledgling plan to erect a pair of digital billboards off Interstate 395, now Levine Cava endorses the signs.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of endorses
Verb
  • Senate Bill 6 legalizes possession of fentanyl testing strips, which can be used to detect the presence of fentanyl and help prevent overdoses.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • This day in sports history 1944 — NFL legalizes coaching from bench.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of legalizes
Verb
  • Colossal owns a stake and licenses its technology to the startup.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Federal Aviation Administration licenses SpaceX launches, while the Federal Communications Commission controls satellite licenses and spectrum used by Starlink.
    — Luke Fountain,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of licenses

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“Rubber stamps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber%20stamps. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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