How to Use approve in a Sentence

approve

verb

• The state has approved the building plans, so work on the new school can begin immediately.
• Your supervisor must approve the report before it can be sent.
• I don't care if all the other parents are letting their kids do it; I still don't approve.
• What the change will be depends on which of the two competing measures are approved by voters.
  — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
• The actor chose an edgy, all-black ensemble that Wednesday Addams would approve of.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2023
• Thirty-three states will be eligible for the settlement payout, which still needs to be submitted to and approved by a state court judge in each state.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
• Once approved, the business receives an amount from the invoice with a commission deducted from the financing provider.
  — Oleg Chanchikov, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• At the time, for instance, if lead characters' families didn't approve of a romance, the couple would often run away together.
  — Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
• Meta removed some of the ads after initially approving them but did not catch some with similar or identical content, the report stated.
  — Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
• Washington voters are deciding four ballot measures that, if approved, would change the state's tax system and roll back measures designed to combat climate change.
  — Melissa Santos, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
• So, if renewed, a new operating referendum for HSE would be in place for eight years before voters might be asked to approve it again.
  — Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2023
• San Diego is the second city in the county to approve a blanket PLA.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• The casting company does the casting and the networks approve it.
  — William Earl, Variety, 9 June 2023
• McMurtry pleaded with Mitchell to convince the others on the Village Board to approve the space.
  — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2024
• The city council has 60 days to vote to approve the nomination.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2024
• The owners will have to vote on what the negotiators have hammered out, and the players will have to vote to approve the deal as well.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
• If plans for the tunnel’s next phase are approved later this fall, though, the space will likely come roaring back to life.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2023
• The town had approved a $2.3 million contract with Rivers Construction Group of Jessup to do the work.
  — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
• The town said all permits submitted by L.L. Bean have been approved.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
• The Common Council approved the street closing in 2016.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2023
• Funds shall be expended during the year they were approved.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
• The expansion on the land purchase approved by the city council will push Blue Origin to about 1 million square feet in Huntsville.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 26 May 2023
• Plus, the gel is dispensed through a no-touch applicator to avoid mess, and it's approved for use on children over two years old.
  — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2024
• Although young babies are most at risk, the flu vaccine isn't approved for infants younger than 6 months.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023
• The board also approved buying four diesel school buses and one electric school bus.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
• Meanwhile, a writer can choose to use AI if a studio approves of its use, but a writer cannot be required to do so.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter naxalone product.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
• If one of these proposals succeeded, the public would vote on whether to approve it, and that could take place in August 2023.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
• Hunter Biden’s agreement must still be approved by a federal judge.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 20 June 2023
• The new drug just approved by the FDA can modestly slow down cognitive decline in patients who are in the early stages of the disease.
  — Jeremy Ney, Time, 7 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024