rubber-stamp
Example Sentences
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Andrew Leung, the outgoing president of the legislature, did not agree that the institution had become a rubber stamp.
From Barron's
The piece emphasizes that Monarez was fired for maintaining scientific integrity rather than acting as a “rubber stamp” for Kennedy’s agenda.
From Los Angeles Times
Last week, he sparked a backlash when he fired the head of the CDC, Susan Monarez, who said the reason was her refusal to rubber stamp recommendations from his new vaccine panel.
From BBC
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
There have been voices in the SNP for some time saying that an independence vote should be a rubber stamp on the "settled will" of the people of Scotland.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.