Thesaurus / ratify
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Under the scheduling formula ratified unanimously by the owners Wednesday, the 17th game will be an out-of-conference game based on teams’ order of finish within their divisions the previous season.
NFL OWNERS APPROVE SCHEDULE FORMULA FOR 17-GAME SEASONMARK MASKEDECEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTWomen officially won the right to vote just a few months before the 1920 presidential election, and as soon as the 19th Amendment was ratified, suffragists were predicting a sea change in American politics.
WOMEN WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE 100 YEARS AGO. THEY DIDN’T START VOTING DIFFERENTLY FROM MEN UNTIL 1980.AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUXAUGUST 19, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTOnce the 19th Amendment was ratified, the story went, every woman in the United States could vote.
SUFFRAGE IS A BADASS HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONKATHI WOLFEAUGUST 18, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEOne hundred years ago today, the United States ratified the 19th Amendment, granting women—in theory—the right to vote.
MELINDA GATES, AI-JEN POO, AND 9 MORE WOMEN ON WHAT THE 19TH AMENDMENT’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY MEANS TO THEMEHINCHLIFFEAUGUST 18, 2020FORTUNEThere was growing instability around the time it was ratified, after the 1932 election, and that’s some of what it intended to deal with, but it wasn’t really designed with this problem in mind.
TRUMP CAN’T POSTPONE THE ELECTION, BUT HE CAN DELEGITIMIZE THE RESULTS.SARAH FROSTENSON (SARAH.FROSTENSON@ABC.COM)JULY 30, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTIt means properly a small sum of money paid to clench a bargain, or to ratify an engagement.
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANSJAMES DENNEYThere is an objection in a high quarter to bestow honors, which would seem to ratify the downfall of an ancient house.
THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE, VOL. II (OF II)CHARLES JAMES LEVERThis selection the liverymen must ratify by stating that the man named is their free choice.
THE BROCHURE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATION, VOL. 06, NO. 8, AUGUST 1900VARIOUSPossibly; but that war was precisely what was needed to ratify the Union, and lift it out of the experimental stage.
AMERICA TO-DAY, OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONSWILLIAM ARCHEROn his being presented they asked the King, according to their privilege, to confirm and ratify his appointment.
THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC, VOL. 1 AND 2 (OF 2)ANATOLE FRANCEWORDS RELATED TO RATIFY
- accredit
- advocate
- affirm
- approve
- attest
- authenticate
- back
- back up
- bless
- boost
- certify
- champion
- commend
- confirm
- countenance
- defend
- favor
- give a boost to
- give green light
- give one's word
- give the go-ahead
- give the nod
- go along with
- go to bat for
- go with
- guarantee
- lend one's name to
- okay
- praise
- push
- ratify
- recommend
- rubber-stamp
- sanction
- second
- stand behind
- stand up for
- stump for
- subscribe to
- sustain
- underwrite
- uphold
- vouch for
- warrant
- witness
- accredits
- advocates
- affirms
- approves
- attests
- authenticates
- back up
- backs
- blesses
- boosts
- certifies
- champions
- commends
- confirms
- countenances
- defends
- favors
- gives a boost to
- gives green light
- gives one's word
- gives the go-ahead
- gives the nod
- goes along with
- goes to bats for
- goes with
- guarantees
- lends one's name to
- o.k.'s
- praises
- pushes
- ratifies
- recommends
- rubber-stamps
- sanctions
- seconds
- stands behind
- stands up for
- stump for
- subscribes to
- sustains
- underwrites
- upholds
- vouch for
- warrants
- witnesses
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