with approbation
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The label is not met with approbation by everyone.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 19, 2016
Zink began writing at a young age as well, but, unlike her reading, that behavior was not met with approbation.
From The New Yorker ● May 11, 2015
Another "younger" writer, whose book Shane you mentioned with approbation, wasn't named at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Standing in the streets were ordinary working men, listening with attention and with approbation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wherein I acknowledge, that though the truth be certain, such things may be done, yet the duty is most difficult to be done with approbation.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
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