as in to approve
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery
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Recent Examples of ratify
Production management workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have officially ratified their first union contract with the studio.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
His times will become official once they have been formally ratified by the governing body.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The agreement was overwhelmingly ratified by the unit with 96% voter participation and ratified with 93% support.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Birthright citizenship was ratified as the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
His times will become official once they have been formally ratified by the governing body.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The agreement was overwhelmingly ratified by the unit with 96% voter participation and ratified with 93% support.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Birthright citizenship was ratified as the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
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Congress could still approve a joint resolution to terminate the president's national emergency.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Producers got a lifeline late last year when the outgoing government approved a new version of the country’s film funding law, keeping in place state subsidies for local productions, without which German film production would grind to a halt.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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Three days later, his immigration attorney was able to reach an ICE official who confirmed that his client was in a prison in another country.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Those figures couldn’t be independently confirmed and could be an undercount.—
Hanna Arhirova and Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Robach and Holmes' divorces were finalized in 2023, and Shue and Fiebig have since started dating each other.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Their divorce was finalized the following year in June.—
Janelle Ash,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Ratify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratify. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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