rub·ber-stamp
ˈrə-bər-ˈstamp 
rubber-stamped; rubber-stamping; rubber-stamps
1
: to approve, endorse, or dispose of as a matter of routine or at the command of another
2
: to mark with a rubber stamp
1
: a stamp of rubber for making imprints
2
a
: a person who echoes or imitates others
b
: a mostly powerless yet officially recognized body or person that approves or endorses programs and policies initiated usually by a single specified source
the parliament was a rubber stamp for the dictator
3
a
: a stereotyped copy or expression
the usual rubber stamps of criticism—
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
b
: a routine endorsement or approval
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Examples of rubber-stamp in a Sentence
Noun
The legislature has been nothing more than a rubber stamp for the President.
an author who was ultimately just another rubber stamp of Hemingway
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2025
The fact that he was fired from Mar-A-Lago proves one thing: there is no oversight, just a rubber stamp congress.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Every single one an Emmy winner rubber-stamped by the Globes.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Jennifer Lawrence and Kylie Jenner both rubber-stamped the non-shoe this year, Lawrence in a nude mesh sock-shoe from The Row and Jenner with a semi-sheer nude latex Couregès heel.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
In Poland, the previous administration stacked the judiciary with loyalists, turning it effectively into a rubber stamp for the ruling party.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2025
The fact that he was fired from Mar-A-Lago proves one thing: there is no oversight, just a rubber stamp congress.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Rubber-stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubber-stamp. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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