rubber stamp

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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 • 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

Few translators, few resources, in the middle of nowhere, a court with a rubber stamp.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025

But what was supposed to be a mere rubber stamp has now turned into its possible perpetual shelving.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2024

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