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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
Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Promoting accountability can’t be done by rubber stamp.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
The gist: Feel free to rubber-stamp this new TV bill, but for the love of Pete don’t let these NFL guys invade our fall Saturdays.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Greg Pils, the director of the Bureau of Environmental Analysis and Sustainability, said the DNR heavily considered the comments and concerns shared with them by the public, and did not simply rubber stamp the permits.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Promoting accountability can’t be done by rubber stamp.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Jennifer Lawrence and Kylie Jenner both rubber-stamped the non-shoe this year, Lawrence in a nude mesh sock-shoe from The Row and Jenner with a semi-sheer nude latex Couregès heel.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
The gist: Feel free to rubber-stamp this new TV bill, but for the love of Pete don’t let these NFL guys invade our fall Saturdays.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber stamp
Noun
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The new thermal light echo images revealed the complex structure of the interstellar material, akin to the knots of a wood grain.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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The records show violations found at Boar’s Head plants in New Castle, Indiana; Forrest City, Arkansas; and Petersburg, Virginia, and echo problems highlighted at the Jarratt, Virginia plant last year.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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On Thursday, Newsom signed a $2.5 billion wildfire recovery and cleanup package hours after its passage by the Legislature.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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Shortly after the Edinburgh Zoo received two pandas in 2011, Scotland and China signed trade agreements involving salmon and renewable energy technology.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
24 Jan. 2025
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Trump has spent years convincing his followers that he's been victimized by political targeting.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
19 Jan. 2025
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The other side is dedicated to Vishnu, the god of preservation, and his followers.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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
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When those match, it’s marked approved the approver initials the envelope.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA TODAY,
28 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, then-President Joe Biden eased American sanctions on Syria, allowing humanitarian groups to operate in the country and permitting energy sales.—
Warren P. Strobel,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Millions of them file tax returns every year, paying for benefits they're not permitted to use.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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In 1973, the Annual Meeting endorsed the Davos Manifesto, a code of ethics for business leaders that lays out Schwab's principles of stakeholder capitalism.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] More than half of U.S. civilians tasked with evaluating a bombing target endorsed killing unidentified bystanders.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This change enabled her to view her development as planned and targeted. 2.—
Tinna Jackson,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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When those conditions change, the chemicals are not strong enough to enable them to actually withstand the enormous pressures and the enormous changes that have happened.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Rubber stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber%20stamp. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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