imprimatur
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The imprimatur of the world’s best-known value investor apparently only goes so far; Alphabet’s stock price still slipped about 2% Tuesday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The New York Times, as I learned this week, reprinted the entire document—a secular imprimatur of the highest kind.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
She doesn’t need the imprimatur of an established brand to maintain an audience; as trust in institutions plummets, such affiliations can even be a turnoff.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
She needs no institution’s imprimatur, and there’s no corner of the industry promising anything she hasn’t already achieved.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
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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