rubber stamp

Example Sentences

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Checks on Andrew's trips were given a "rubber stamp", he recalls, rather than any scrutiny.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

"If we are rubber stamp, we will not propose so many comments," Leung said, referring to the approval of a homegrown national security law last year.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

By the late 1850s, Northerners were equally fed up with the Supreme Court, which under Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was seen as a rubber stamp for slaveholders’ goals.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

It’s not just going to rubber stamp all of these policies.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2023

First there came mimeographed letters of commendation, then real letters signed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and not with a rubber stamp either.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck