imprimatur

Example Sentences

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Even with the power of the White House and the imprimatur of a U.N.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026

She needs no institution’s imprimatur, and there’s no corner of the industry promising anything she hasn’t already achieved.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

The Treasury imprimatur and financing by sophisticated institutions may have given investors a false sense of security and caused them to relax underwriting standards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

The prayer breakfast that Zhovnir and Unguryan organized in Washington for this year’s Ukrainian Week apparently had the imprimatur of Zelenskyy’s government.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2024

Well-known quotations embody both of these things: they come with the imprimatur both of ancient derivation, and of the many people who, by passing it on, in some way are understood to have endorsed it.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith