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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
  • Over the course of about three days, Manson's followers tortured Hinman.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • She is recognized nationally by athletes and celebrities and her fans, borne from Murray’s influence on social media that counts more than 900,000 TikTok followers and 395,000 on Instagram.
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of followers
Verb
  • By New Year’s Day, Snuggerud signs a five-year, $40 million ($8 million AAV) extension.
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This is effectively where Joe signs her fate away in the same stroke as this guy’s death warrant.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of signs
Noun
  • The sounds of eventual victory, Tolokonnikov said, might be heard in the echoes of an earlier chapter of Ukrainian history.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • White, Hampton tells Ditka, still can hear the echoes of Ditka on full blast.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of echoes
Verb
  • Housing shortages sometimes happen when cities can’t issue residential building permits fast enough to keep vacancy rates low and rent high in a secondary market.
    — Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Norway permits gambling only via state monopolies aimed at preventing gambling problems and at funneling profits to nonprofits.
    — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of permits
Noun
  • Few people on the continent seem to recognize that multibillion investments by US companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon in space, and their many imitators in China, are radically transforming spaceflight.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • An exemplary script and dashes of stylish direction set this ’90s favorite apart from myriad Tarantino imitators.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of imitators
Verb
  • Today’s newsletter highlights Mary Norwood endorses Rick Jackson for governor.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But, somewhat contradictorily, Pachocki also endorses the idea of AI labs slowing down AI development to allow safety research to catch up.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 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
  • If the launch needs to be postponed, a planning advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, suggests another opportunity is available the following day.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The California Public Utilities Commission licenses companies that use autonomous vehicles to transport members of the public and oversees robotaxi pilot programs.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 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 19 Sep. 2026.

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