How to Use approval in a Sentence

approval

noun

• We were required to get approvals at each stage of the project.
• The government has so far withheld approval of the drug.
• Do I have your approval to make the changes?
• The rally will be on May 19, provided the city gives its approval.
• The approval of these salary changes are retroactive to Jan. 11.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2023
• Your child looks to you for approval and a sense of safety.
  — Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
• It’s been clear for some time now that these treatments are on the cusp of approval.
  — Jayasree K. Iyer, STAT, 12 July 2023
• The approval raises the amount Fort Worth could spend on the lawsuit to $2 million.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
• Rachel strives for the approval of Nick’s loved ones and struggles to get it from his mom Eleanor — played by Yeoh.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
• The issue threatened to hold up approval of the project’s second phase.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
• Eli Lilly hopes to win approval of a rival Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, by the end of the year.
  — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• Plaintiffs’ lawyers on Monday moved for approval of the deal.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
• The dozens of parties responsible for the cleanup have to agree to a payment plan and present it to the EPA for approval.
  — Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2023
• Contracts or purchases above that amount must get the approval of the city board.
  — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2022
• Right to Life got approval for the credits — to rescind its approval for the credits.
  — Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
• The upper chamber will have to move with uncommon speed to vote on that and send it to the House for approval before the end of the week.
  — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• Public approval of the Supreme Court is near historic lows.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
• An accordionist spurred the crowd of about 150 to dance, clap or yelp bird caws in approval.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
• That budget item is pending approval in the next couple of weeks.
  — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2023
• The House vote follows approval of a similar bill by the Te7y6tewa43ewsazxas Senate in late March.
  — Michael Murney, Chron, 2 May 2023
• That drug, which slows the progression of the disease in people in the early stages, won approval in the U.S. in July.
  — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
• The two companies will need shareholder approval for the deals to go ahead.
  — Weilun Soon, wsj.com, 13 May 2023
• Distribution of the state funds was then paused pending the approval of the safety rules.
  — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023
• The settlement is pending approval from a judge, who will hear the motion in March.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
• Even at this ticket price, the approval is a milestone for patients.
  — WIRED, 5 Dec. 2022
• Elon can't do and won't do anything without our approval.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
• With approval from the groom's mother, the table was saved for her family.
  — Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
• This is the first time it will be released with the band’s approval, and it’s scheduled to arrive on February 9 via Goofin’.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2023
• The transit agency has sued Trump’s DOT in federal court, calling the move to renege federal approval of the toll and end a program mandated by state law unconstitutional.
  — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
• The restart is subject to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
  — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025