reapprove

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Recent Examples of reapprove Last year, Congress reapproved the Violence Against Women Act with Bree’s Law provisions. Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023 The order reapproves a Trump-era decision to allow exports from the project to nations with which the U.S. does not have a free-trade agreement. Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023 In 2019, the Texas Legislature appropriated $1.5 million to join ERIC, an appropriation that was reapproved in 2021. Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023 The Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board first approved the project in December 2017 and reapproved it in February 2021, also requiring the company to enter good-faith negotiations with neighborhood representatives. Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023 The group also took a swipe at McConnell, who has criticized Scott’s proposal to sunset all federal legislation after five years unless reapproved by Congress, including Medicare and Social Security. Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2023 Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, also called in his 11-point plan for forcing Congress to have to reapprove every federal program after five years, a measure that would put entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare in jeopardy. Washington Post, 10 May 2022 Although the major funding bills originated in the House, Senate amendments mean House lawmakers must review and reapprove those measures before they could be sent to the governor. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2021 As Ohio’s budgeting cycle only lasts for two years, state lawmakers must reapprove unspent money for projects that take longer than two years to complete. Laura Hancock, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapprove
Verb
  • And the way that Joe Alwyn’s character responds seems to validate, perhaps, her accusation.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • However, human studies are needed to validate these effects.
    Devineé Lingo, M.S., Health, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Google, for example, offers a $49/month data analytics certificate as part of Grow with Google.
    Morgan Smith, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Occupation / Former restaurateur Education / GED certificate Family / Single with four sons Lauren Boebert was first elected to Congress in 2020 in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.
    The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • With drone explosives now reportedly being sanctioned by cartels, CBP and ICE will likely ramp up surveillance and defensive technologies.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • In 1972, Title IX was passed by the federal government, banning discrimination in educational programs and changing the playing field for girls across the country, and the following year, the Illinois High School Association sanctioned girls sports.
    Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Just like when Trump recently helped legitimize Maduro by sending White House special envoy Richard Grenell to meet with the Venezuelan dictator and pose in smiling pictures with him, Trump’s de facto abandonment of pro-democracy groups in the hemisphere is a major blunder.
    Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The world's most powerful political figure has legitimized their vision.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In this view, the war in Ukraine revalidates NSC-68.
    Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
  • In France, President Emmanuel Macron announced this week that starting in mid-December, elderly residents would be required to show proof of a third shot to revalidate their health pass, which grants them access to public transport and a wide range of public and private spaces.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
Verb
  • The 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, which was ratified in 1951 after Franklin D. Roosevelt's record-setting tenure in office, currently states that no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The Prior Lake City Council approved the reinstatement of school resource officers (SROs) at its March 26 meeting, and the Prior Lake-Savage Area School Board is scheduled to vote on ratifying the agreement on April 8.
    Jacqueline Devine, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But many borrowers in IDR plans — including IBR, PAYE, and ICR — have not had to recertify their income for several years.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Ahead of the jump, many of the lawmakers participated in a practice run in April in Florida to recertify for the launch.
    Lisa Mascaro, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2024

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“Reapprove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapprove. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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