approve
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But parliament is struggling to approve suggested laws, which include unpopular measures such as imposing duties on parcels from abroad, intended to boost revenues.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Every year I decide again that the arrangement is worth it, that my belonging is mine to grant and not the NFL’s to approve.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
The polling organization said 62% approve of the prime minister’s performance, or up from a 51% level in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But it’s in the interest of the government to approve these projects.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
I’d thought Anna May had skipped the show because she didn’t approve of James and me seeing each other.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Plus: Corporate America is axing the ‘micro-team’ boss; Volkswagen board approves doubling job cuts to 100,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
And the convention approves this unanimously without noted debate because it’s so freaking obvious, right?
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 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
June 4: The US Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to all the states for ratification.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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It must be approved by the House of Commons and House of Lords before any change would come into practice.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration approved Shingrix, a recombinant vaccine, in 2017, and it quickly became the go-to shingles vaccine after its launch in early 2018.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
That is notably higher than the roughly 21% average weight loss on the highest doses of approved injectables like Zepbound and Wegovy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Later assessments reached a different overall conclusion about the safety of approved uses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
After I quit, Ms. Hawkins told me that I had until the middle of October to choose a different club, and that it would have to be approved by her.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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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
A Financial Times / Focaldata poll released on Sunday indicated that it had hit a new low, with only 33% of registered voters approving of his presidential performance.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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
It did so as part of an effort to pressure and trick the real people into approving its malicious code.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
I had a new job, a fiancé, and an expanded family—an approving Kenyan granny, even.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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