rubber stamp
Example Sentences
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Checks on Andrew's trips were given a "rubber stamp", he recalls, rather than any scrutiny.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
"If we are rubber stamp, we will not propose so many comments," Leung said, referring to the approval of a homegrown national security law last year.
From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025
By the late 1850s, Northerners were equally fed up with the Supreme Court, which under Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was seen as a rubber stamp for slaveholders’ goals.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025
Few translators, few resources, in the middle of nowhere, a court with a rubber stamp.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025
First there came mimeographed letters of commendation, then real letters signed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and not with a rubber stamp either.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
