rubber stamp

Example Sentences

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But, he added, the National Assembly will not be "a rubber stamp body".

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

"It's very easy to be a rubber stamp, get that cheque, be nice to everyone else and just go along and be re-elected," Spartz said.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

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

And it would be a mistake to think Judge Ho will simply act as a rubber stamp.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 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