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It’s rare that candidates are nominated through conventions, which are often opportunities for endless speeches—much like the quadrennial political conventions that national parties hold to ratify their nominees.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Union members are planning to vote Wednesday on whether to ratify the contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Samsung Electronics' labour union is expected to announce Wednesday whether chip workers voted to ratify a wage deal that would deliver massive AI-linked bonuses and helped avert a major strike.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

"So I think we are coming to good solutions that we are going to ratify hopefully today, in order to evolve, because it's only three races in."

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

In early 1865, Illinois struck down its Black Laws and became the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which enshrined in the Constitution the end of slavery.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Its logic reaches the labor board, the merit board, and the trade commission and ratifies the removals the court had already waved through at the consumer-product, surface-transportation, and employment agencies.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026

The dollar “probably can keep selling off because it kind of ratifies the current narrative,” said Brent Donnelly, president of Spectra Markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

“What Mike White does is so insanely strong that when he ratifies an actor — or gives someone their moment — it’s just so deeply impressive,” Perkins says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025

"The Public Ministry ratifies its commitment to the relentless fight against corruption," Attorney General Tarek William Saab wrote on Twitter.

From Reuters ● Mar. 31, 2023

New Hampshire lays claim to Vermont, 151–153; riots in, 183; hesitates to ratify the Constitution, 331; ratifies it, 338.

From The Critical Period of American History by John Fiske

MAL was one of four blood group systems ratified during the period covered by the organization's 2026 terminology report, alongside ER, CD36 and ATP11C.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Women couldn’t vote until the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Workers at “World of Warcraft” video game developer Blizzard Entertainment have ratified union contracts after two years of bargaining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

WestJet flight attendants ratified a new three-year collective agreement following a strike that grounded hundreds of flights in Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Although the official campaign for the national assembly was not scheduled to begin until February 1994, we started to campaign in earnest after the new constitution was ratified.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Whatever else this enigmatic phrase may cover, it is plain from British constitutional history, the statements of those involved in drafting and ratifying the U.S.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

Von der Leyen said Thursday that the bloc has made "good progress" towards ratifying the deal by early July.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

Nations had been scheduled to vote on ratifying the plan this week, but the ballot was postponed for a year after a lobbying campaign from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

In 2002, Burton carried legislation ratifying the prison officers’ contract negotiated by the Davis administration granting officers a raise of roughly 35% over five years, and boosting their pensions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025

The bells were actually tolling in recognition of Nebraska’s ratifying the Eighteenth Amendment.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler