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approval

[uh-proo-vuhl] / əˈpru vəl /




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Oklo shares rose 3.5% after the approval, but have fallen nearly 25% this year amid investor skepticism over valuation.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

When RuPaul arrives as President Judy Gagwell, tasked with saving the train or seeing her approval ratings plummet, the script begins to sing . . . just before it sinks.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

It would require approval by a union’s rank-and-file membership for any spending of $1 million or more on statewide measures, or $100,000 or more on local ones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Should he get those votes, he will then have to navigate a complex regulatory approval process that would involve national-security review by two governments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

During the wedding breakfast, Mother Fox, dead more than seven years, showed up in spirit to speak to her new son-in-law, “expressing her approval of the marriage.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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