How to Use imprimatur in a Sentence

imprimatur

noun

• He gave the book his imprimatur.
• And now he's sought the imprimatur of the most famous paper's op-ed page.
  — The Hive, 5 July 2017
• For discerning food-lovers in search of the good stuff, Sachs’ imprimatur goes a long way.
  — Peter Jon Lindberg, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2019
• At times, the quest to win Ms. Hager’s imprimatur can be something of a cloak-and-dagger affair.
  — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• My client needs the imprimatur of someone else, trusted in the buyer’s network, in order to have a chance to make the deal.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020
• Now, the addition of the DNC will give the tool the official imprimatur of the national party.
  — NBC News, 28 June 2018
• But that inquiry had not gotten the imprimatur of a full House vote or the full rhetorical backing of the speaker.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• The National Gallery, which, by the way, opened 20 years after the Phillips, is a temple of art and has the imprimatur of officialdom.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 Sep. 2021
• Make no mistake: Clark was acting with the imprimatur of the president.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
• The Last Slimeto is a thrilling mess that adds to the imprimatur of a Southern rapper whose legend continues to grow.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2022
• Schubert is unfazed by the prospect of running without the GOP’s imprimatur.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2021
• All were willing to lend their — in the case of Couric at that moment in time, stellar — presence and imprimatur to the event and by extension to Epstein.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• And the award imprints them with a permanent imprimatur of greatness.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
• The Obama imprimatur is far from a sure-fire ticket to victory.
  — Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• The movie bears the imprimatur of Human Rights Watch and, after this limited release, will stream during in June.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2020
• In the end, the Ibis Press did some error-ridden printing on behalf of clients, and put out nothing at all under its own imprimatur.
  — Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• Brady was further prodded to give Harry some sort of imprimatur.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019
• For Bannon, who has repeatedly fallen in and out with Trump, the pardon conferred the imprimatur of being back in the fold.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2022
• That name brand signals to others that your company has been blessed by their imprimatur.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
• The creators of some coins gave them away to Polychain, Mr. Carlson-Wee and other early adopters, hoping for the imprimatur of approval.
  — Rob Copeland, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2018
• All but the last two entities have received Putin’s imprimatur.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• Yes, but this one bears the imprimatur of an Oscar-winning director.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2022
• In many of these crowded races the party imprimatur can give candidates a meaningful way to stand out.
  — John Myers, latimes.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Brady told us all year through his body language and his refusal to grant his imprimatur that the offense was inadequate.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
• But the bill bestows this small number of projects with bipartisan imprimatur, which may give investors more confidence to fund the space for the long term.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2021
• That’s probably the front-runner here, with its Pixar imprimatur and cute little sandpiper birds.
  — Mike Hogan, VanityFair.com, 21 Feb. 2017
• The company has announced more than 40 new plug-in models, with the new iPerformance imprimatur.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
• Then there’s the long simmering feud about what was perceived as Coinbase’s lending its imprimatur to Bitcoin knock-offs.
  — Brandon Kochkodin, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2021
• Striking the right balance is more about receiving the imprimatur of a powerful man than anything else.
  — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2019
• She has been returned, via the illusions of makeup and clothing and digital postproduction, and with the imprimatur of Vogue, to her former pedestal.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024