Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To mark with the imprint of a rubber stamp.
- transitive verb To endorse, vote for, or approve without question or deliberation.
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Examples
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On his return, he called his rubber-stamp parliament into session for Friday, August 11, to approve some plan that was not immediately disclosed.
Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001
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On his return, he called his rubber-stamp parliament into session for Friday, August 11, to approve some plan that was not immediately disclosed.
Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001
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On his return, he called his rubber-stamp parliament into session for Friday, August 11, to approve some plan that was not immediately disclosed.
Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001
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Oil companies put whatever in their exploration plan and if all goes well the federal agency will rubber-stamp it.
Subhankar Banerjee: BPing the Arctic, Again -- Fast-Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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It is also necessary to add the caveat that fraud and criminality must be proven in court -- and that requires an injured party with the means to pursue a case, willing and competent lawyers, and judges who do not rubber-stamp in favor of the banksters.
L. Randall Wray: Nightmare on Wall Street L. Randall Wray 2011
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Simultaneously, senior military officers came to realize that the Obama administration would not simply rubber-stamp their requests for large-scale ramp-ups in troops and resources that would then go on for more than four years.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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For instance, ordinary Chinese are running for election in local legislative bodies that are usually rubber-stamp bodies filled with reliable worthies chosen by the Party.
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AT&T's PR machine is spinning like crazy to convince Americans that they've got our best interests at heart... and that their friends at the Department of Justice and FCC should rubber-stamp this merger.
Timothy Karr: AT&T Takes America Back to the Future Timothy Karr 2011
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Simultaneously, senior military officers came to realize that the Obama administration would not simply rubber-stamp their requests for large-scale ramp-ups in troops and resources that would then go on for more than four years.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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The most senior speaker, Kim Yong Nam, the head of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, underscored the message sent out by North Korea's media since Mr. Kim's death of a heart attack was announced 10 days ago—that his son Kim Jong Eun is taking control of his father's regime and country of 24 million.
North Korea Wraps Up Tribute Evan Ramstad 2011
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