- present participle of approve.
approving
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Instead, she is grounding her argument for approving this in energy security and saying the tax revenue generated will go into an "Energy Wealth Fund" to pay for "low carbon and renewable projects".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
But the Ocean Protection Council, an agency nested within the California Natural Resources Agency, recommended approving both.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, is a state law from 1970 that requires state and local agencies to evaluate the environmental impact of proposed projects before approving them.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
An event staffer at one point shouted, “You need to have a ticket. If you are on the wait list, we will not be approving you.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
There was always the possibility, of course, that his suggestion of a fortnight ago may have been a whim of the moment, and he would no longer be approving of the idea.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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