RUBBER-STAMPS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of rubber-stamp

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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

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Before the Spain fixture, Vozinha had around 50,000 followers on Instagram, but that has since rocketed to 28 million.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026
That’s not unusual among followers of Shia Islam, whose tradition is one of outward displays of faith.

— Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Definition of followers

Verb

While Arnold remains unsigned, any team that signs him risks the NFL placing him on the Commissioner’s Exempt List.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds, who won the 1996 Home Run Derby, signs autographs before the start of the 67th All-Star Game at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia on July 9, 1996.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Definition of signs

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From shabby apartments to art experiments to filthy needles—with echoes of Patti Smith and Rebecca Makkai—Adler conjures an era of sorrow borne by too many, too young.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
The rural storytelling and fiddle music on the frontier inspired the emergence and growth of commercial country music and bluegrass music, while echoes of acoustic blues and protest songs can be heard in modern R&B and hip-hop.

— Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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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 imitators

Verb

The court’s 6-3 decision in Slaughter also effectively endorses the unitary executive theory, thereby greatly expanding the power of the president.

— Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Today, the 20-minute rule remains one of the foundational pillars of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) — a treatment that Walker notes the American Academy of Sleep Medicine endorses as the first-line approach for chronic insomnia, ahead of pharmaceutical interventions.

— Sharon Brandwein, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Definition of endorses

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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

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Arkansas likewise licenses residential electricians after two years.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
His voice, including its gravelly quality and thick Cockney accent, was replicated with his permission through a deal with ElevenLabs, which licenses AI versions of artists’ voices.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 23 June 2026

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