imprimatur

Example Sentences

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Just as importantly, he put Disney’s valuable imprimatur behind the nascent technology amid widespread fears about protecting the industry’s creative work from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

In fairness to Tony, this wasn’t the end of dubious reporting affixed with the imprimatur of the broadcaster’s brand.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

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

The prayer breakfast that Zhovnir and Unguryan organized in Washington for this year’s Ukrainian Week apparently had the imprimatur of Zelenskyy’s government.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 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