imprimatur
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Even with the power of the White House and the imprimatur of a U.N.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026
The Treasury imprimatur and financing by sophisticated institutions may have given investors a false sense of security and caused them to relax underwriting standards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
Ordinary experiences, imperfections, sadness, and anxieties are increasingly given the imprimatur of medical disorders, she concludes: “In other words: we are not getting sicker — we are attributing more to sickness.”
From Salon • May 13, 2025
Clinton, who turned 78 on Monday, gave his imprimatur to a candidate who was a young deputy district attorney in Alameda County when he won the White House in 1992.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024
Well-known quotations embody both of these things: they come with the imprimatur both of ancient derivation, and of the many people who, by passing it on, in some way are understood to have endorsed it.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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