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approve

[uh-proov] / əˈpruv /




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Her resignation comes as Paramount is waiting for a federal judge to approve a settlement agreement that would allow Paramount to finalize its $111-billion purchase of Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Attendees cheered the arrival of “dots” – OpenAI's version of AI agents which will run continuously and ask users to approve sensitive actions.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Boeing Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg has said recently that he expects regulators to soon approve the MAX 10.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The FDA often accounts for the opinions of its advisers before deciding whether to approve a product like the Galleri test but is not required to do so.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

I am certain she would not approve of this human emotion.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

If Newsom approves the bills, they would take effect Jan. 1, 2028.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

What’s more, the public by and large approves of last term’s major decisions, according to a poll this month from Marquette Law School.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The emergency application comes one week after an appeals court ordered construction to stop until Congress approves, upholding a ruling won by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sued the administration last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

If the rest of the committee thinks it needs to raise rates to restrain inflation, that’s precisely what it will do, whether Warsh approves or not.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

On average, the United States approves one million applicants annually as permanent residents.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

For example, the Iowa project hasn’t actually been approved, and the Koreans were surprised to hear that they had committed $54 billion for a pipeline project in Alaska.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

Musk must sell more vehicles as part of a $1 trillion pay package approved by Tesla shareholders in November, which requires him to hit a series of financial and operational milestones over the next decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Center for Western Priorities also created a map of about 1,500 projects, many of which already had been approved, that the National Park Service shifted to a new “low priority” list this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The warplanes are part of an $8 billion deal for 66 F-16Vs approved during US President Donald Trump's first term and scheduled for delivery this year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

I liked to read what they liked to read: what they enjoyed, delighted me; what they approved, I reverenced.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The bank sent out requests to discuss so-called second-look applications, which would allow outside lenders to take on the risk of approving applications the bank denies, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The inspector general found that explanation wasn’t always clear and that the person approving travel often operated under the assumption that an executive had requested it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank was suspended without pay for six months for “his involvement with the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for approving impermissible expenses incurred by Mr. Leonard and his family.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

In another case, AI agents from Anthropic escaped from a U.K. government test and attempted to trick a real human into approving malicious computer code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“If there is one chance in ten that he’ll be one of the top physicists in the country, I’ll take that chance,” he declared in approving Lawrence’s promotion.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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