as in echo
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
an author who was ultimately just another rubber stamp of Hemingway
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Recent Examples of rubber stamp
Louis A Fuentes, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Those prints are made by using the body casts essentially as rubber stamps.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
The thousands of delegates who gathered in Beijing for the week-long meetings of China’s rubber-stamp legislature voted almost unanimously Tuesday to approve the government work report and the budget.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Trump White House: San Diego County must not be a rubber stamp for any presidential administration — whether Democrat or Republican.
—Louis A Fuentes, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Those prints are made by using the body casts essentially as rubber stamps.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
Though China does not currently offer child subsidies at the national level, encouraging births was a focus of the rubber-stamp Congress's annual Two Sessions meetings earlier this month.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
The thousands of delegates who gathered in Beijing for the week-long meetings of China’s rubber-stamp legislature voted almost unanimously Tuesday to approve the government work report and the budget.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber stamp
Noun
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Regulations offer the starkest echo of the Ring’s curse.—
Jon Fleischman,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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The pledge was an echo of a $350-billion investment commitment in the U.S. that Apple made during Trump’s first term when the iPhone was exempted from China tariffs.—
Mae Anderson and Michael Liedtke,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Tuch is eligible to sign a contract extension on July 1.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Two Florida boards of county commissioners and the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife's Conservation Commission have also signed agreements.—
Julia Ingram,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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In lieu of discussions of who is best for the role artistically, the question becomes who will sell more tickets (Ivy has 3 million followers but TikTok influencers rally around Chloe) and create a less toxic workplace.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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According to Rolling Stone, the singer’s public profile is one of the eight followers, as well as SZA, producer Michael Uzowuru, singer girlsweetvoiced and audio engineer Sean Matsukawa.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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One ballot was tossed out because it wasn’t initialed by an election judge, and Balich won the position via a lottery.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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The serial numbers on those seals are written on a form that is then initialed by the chief inspector and a member of the Board of Absentee Canvassers.—
Alison Dirr,
Journal Sentinel,
30 Oct. 2024
Verb
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His White House permitted the attorney general to say that the man’s wife and child are better off without Garcia.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2025
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You’re also permitted to write off a certain amount of loss due to disaster, reducing your tax burden.—
Cora Lewis,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Carson, who served as secretary during President Trump’s first term, endorsed Trump’s most recent bid for the presidency in late 2023.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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After penning an op-ed calling for President Biden to step aside during the 2024 presidential election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in his place, the 2x Oscar winner recently opened up about the ongoing backlash to his statement.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2025
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Archer Aviation Archer's efforts to secure what's called 'Type Certification' from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Midnight could enable the eVTOL company to operate out of major airports.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Apr. 2025
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Phishing attacks often attempt to get people to share personal information, like Social Security numbers, which enables criminals to access finances.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Rubber stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber%20stamp. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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