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rubber stamp



rubber-stamp




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The board approves the EDC’s annual budget but when it comes to approving actual projects, it largely functions as a final rubber stamp.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Checks on Andrew's trips were given a "rubber stamp", he recalls, rather than any scrutiny.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

"If we are rubber stamp, we will not propose so many comments," Leung said, referring to the approval of a homegrown national security law last year.

From Barron's Nov. 3, 2025

And it would be a mistake to think Judge Ho will simply act as a rubber stamp.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2025

First there came mimeographed letters of commendation, then real letters signed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and not with a rubber stamp either.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Ads will invite individuals to speak on the phone with a hired “healthcare professional” who will rubber-stamp a prescription and authorize the compounded medication to be shipped directly to the unwitting patient.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

But it is far from a rubber-stamp process.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

He packed oversight commissions with appointees who would rubber-stamp his delusions of grandeur and did the same with the Kennedy Center, whose new board promptly renamed the performing arts venue for him.

From Slate May 18, 2026

Thousands of delegates from across China will convene for a carefully orchestrated affair in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, largely to rubber-stamp decisions by the ruling Communist Party under leader Xi Jinping.

From Barron's Mar. 2, 2026

And King was rejoicing over a fountain pen, a pocket-knife, a silk muffler, a rubber-stamp outfit, and some new gloves.

From Marjorie's New Friend by Carolyn Wells




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