ratify
verb (used with object)
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction.
ratifies
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present tense formof ratify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Its logic reaches the labor board, the merit board, and the trade commission and ratifies the removals the court had already waved through at the consumer-product, surface-transportation, and employment agencies.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
The dollar “probably can keep selling off because it kind of ratifies the current narrative,” said Brent Donnelly, president of Spectra Markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
“What Mike White does is so insanely strong that when he ratifies an actor — or gives someone their moment — it’s just so deeply impressive,” Perkins says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
TD Cowen analyst Jaret Seiberg said in a research note the Fed "likely expects both the banks and the merchants to challenge any final...rule even if that final proposal simply ratifies the status quo."
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023
History ratifies the conclusion, and the common sense of mankind practically acquiesces in it.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
