confirmation
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The probe was later dropped to ease Warsh's Senate confirmation, while the Supreme Court blocked Cook's firing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
And they keep getting confirmation of their concerns on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
These Games were also hurt by the late confirmation of its dates and schedule, which only came in October last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week that he authorized the journalists’ subpoenas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
A sunburnt, overgrown candidate for confirmation gazes at me in astonishment.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
"As soon as I get further confirmations of that, we're ready to re-initiate the process of evacuation," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Chair Jerome Powell, whose leadership tenure ends Friday, captured at least 80 votes in Senate confirmations for each of his two terms atop the Fed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
One of its earliest confirmations came from Mercury's orbit, which shifts slightly more than Newton's laws alone could explain.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
The Fed’s board can vote to install an interim chair to lead the Fed and has done so when confirmations have lagged.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Small though this effect is, it had been noticed before 1915 and served as one of the first confirmations of Einstein’s theory.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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