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[rat-uh-fahy] / ˈræt əˌfaɪ /


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The Board of Education also must ratify tentative agreements.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Updating the Exchange of Notes is "necessary in order to ratify the treaty", Doughty told MPs.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Unless the bill moves forward soon, the Senate and House of Representatives may run out of time to ratify the bill before political campaigning intensifies ahead of the November midterms.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Vietnam goes to the polls on Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly, the country's top legislative body that serves mainly to ratify decisions by the ruling Communist Party.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

In early 1865, Illinois struck down its Black Laws and became the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which enshrined in the Constitution the end of slavery.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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