approbation

Example Sentences

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It later came out that National City’s efforts to lend money on stocks had the Federal Reserve’s internal approbation, not its opposition.

From The Wall Street Journal

He'll do a lot of damage before he's finished — but he will never get the popular approbation he craves, now or in the future.

From Salon

Hamilton ”advised the president to ‘embrace such reflections and sentiments as will wear well, progress in approbation with time and redound to future reputation.’

From Salon

Electric vehicles are the cornerstone of that push, and for once Hungary is attracting the envy of fellow EU members, rather than their approbation.

From BBC

It’s associated with pleasure and the expectation or experience of a reward, which can include the surmounting of a threat “such as overcoming fear, winning a race, receiving respect and approbation from others,” Spiegel says.

From National Geographic