ratifying

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The two largest proxy-advisory firms recommended that investment-fund clients vote against ratifying BlackRock’s executive comp packages, citing transparency concerns over how performance incentives are determined and the complexity of the growing carried interest program.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Von der Leyen said Thursday that the bloc has made "good progress" towards ratifying the deal by early July.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

When ratifying the amendment in 1868, however, Congress explicitly recognized that it would also apply to the American-born offspring of immigrants.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

To have that kind of conversation is much more important than ratifying our anxiety, or ratifying the fact that the sky is falling, or agreeing that this is the worst ever.”

From Salon • Jul. 17, 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