rubber stamp

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

That would leave only a few formal steps -- a final rubber stamp by member states expected in coming days or weeks, and publication in the EU's official journal -- for it to take effect.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

"It's very easy to be a rubber stamp, get that cheque, be nice to everyone else and just go along and be re-elected," Spartz said.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

It’s merely a rubber stamp and a whitewash.

From Slate ● Jan. 23, 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

The FIA's role is effectively only to rubber-stamp F1's decision.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

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

Once the mould is secured, it is merely a question of pressing india-rubber-mixture into it and then heating the rubber until it hardens—just as a rubber-stamp is made.

From The Gloved Hand by Burton Egbert Stevenson