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approve

[uh-proov] / əˈpruv /




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Attendees cheered the arrival of “dots” – OpenAI's version of AI agents which will run continuously and ask users to approve sensitive actions.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín told both sides to answer Booker’s questions before she ruled on whether to approve the proposed consent decree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

JPMorgan Chase explored finding partners to approve and take on the risk of some co-branded credit-card applications that the bank denies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The FDA often accounts for the opinions of its advisers before deciding whether to approve a product like the Galleri test but is not required to do so.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

“He would approve of your plans, Jane? I know they would be clever, for you are a talented creature!”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

“Our local police department further reviews and approves each stop on the map to ensure everyone’s safety.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Tokes said projects could return to the board at a later stage, but made it clear that money will be spent when the board approves projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The emergency application comes one week after an appeals court ordered construction to stop until Congress approves, upholding a ruling won by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sued the administration last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

WSI says that it approves 90% of initial claims and that its customer-satisfaction score from workers is 4.22 on a scale of 5.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

I am not a man who approves of oaths or curses, but that day I violated my own principle.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

"The Tennessee Department of Correction followed every step of the State's lawful, established execution protocol approved by the attorney general's office," the statement said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Regeneron Chief Executive Leonard S. Schleifer said the renewed alliance would allow the companies to expand the kind of work that their collaboration on Dupixent—a blockbuster medicine approved for several conditions—has achieved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The district also is in the midst of spending $5.3 billion from a bond voters approved in 2022 to renovate campus buildings, upgrade water and power infrastructure and build student housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Johnson said the issue will likely have to be decided by the Supreme Court, which approved Vought’s rescissions in 2025 because they pertained to national security.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

They must think their way into a world in which the values we now hold, the institutions we now admire, were not even imagined, let alone approved.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Another Sri Lankan shipper said he has received desperate calls for food and provisions from agents of the tankers, but Sri Lankan authorities weren’t approving supply visits to Iranian ships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The bank sent out requests to discuss so-called second-look applications, which would allow outside lenders to take on the risk of approving applications the bank denies, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The inspector general found that explanation wasn’t always clear and that the person approving travel often operated under the assumption that an executive had requested it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

MPs have supported the government's proposals by approving amendments to the Representation of the People Bill.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Mr. Quisling gave an approving nod and distributed James’s cipher to the class.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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