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The state initially refused to ratify the 1922 compact at all, provoking the other states to rewrite the document so it would go into effect with the approval of only six states rather than seven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

An official readout from that meeting said Burnham "reiterated his commitment to continue doing everything possible" along with the US to ratify the deal.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

It’s rare that candidates are nominated through conventions, which are often opportunities for endless speeches—much like the quadrennial political conventions that national parties hold to ratify their nominees.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Union members are planning to vote Wednesday on whether to ratify the contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Both the state house and the state senate had to ratify.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The dollar “probably can keep selling off because it kind of ratifies the current narrative,” said Brent Donnelly, president of Spectra Markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

It's also unclear how the Senate, which ratifies treaties, would respond if the US reached some sort of agreement with Denmark to take over part or all of Greenland.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

“What Mike White does is so insanely strong that when he ratifies an actor — or gives someone their moment — it’s just so deeply impressive,” Perkins says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025

TD Cowen analyst Jaret Seiberg said in a note the Fed "likely expects both the banks and the merchants to challenge any final...rule even if that final proposal simply ratifies the status quo."

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023

The moist gives place benignly to the dry; Heat ratifies a faithful league with cold; The nimble flame springs upward to the sky; Down sinks by its own weight the sluggish mould.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Richard Henry Stoddard

The upper house, the Council of the Nation, will review the law before it is officially ratified by the president.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

MAL was one of four blood group systems ratified during the period covered by the organization's 2026 terminology report, alongside ER, CD36 and ATP11C.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Women couldn’t vote until the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

He points to the 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971 during the Vietnam War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Each time a state ratified the 19th Amendment, Alice Paul sewed a star on the purple, white, and gold “ratification banner” she kept at the National Woman's Party headquarters.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents about 4,400 flight attendants, said Monday about 90% voted in favor of ratifying the new agreement, which takes effect Jan. 1.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Whatever else this enigmatic phrase may cover, it is plain from British constitutional history, the statements of those involved in drafting and ratifying the U.S.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

The Election Commission confirmed the victory of caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's conservative Bhumjaithai party on Wednesday, ratifying most of the vote results.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

Yet ratifying the agreement has proven difficult because roughly half of the guides don’t want to unionize.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

Edmund Randolph made it abundantly clear at the Virginia ratifying convention just what “domestic interests” Mason had in mind.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis