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
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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Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The 67-year-old hasn’t appeared in public for three weeks since the closing ceremony of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature on March 11.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
To judge from the Schenley Park proposal, however, that doesn’t appear to mean a rubber stamp from regulators.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Gameweek 32 had been confirmed as a double and on Thursday afternoon, another in Gameweek 33 was rubber-stamped, as well as a blank in Gameweek 34.
—Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The 67-year-old hasn’t appeared in public for three weeks since the closing ceremony of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature on March 11.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
The vote is typically a formality where council members rubber stamp the mayor’s selection.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
To judge from the Schenley Park proposal, however, that doesn’t appear to mean a rubber stamp from regulators.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Rubber-stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubber-stamp. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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