Example Sentences

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We don’t know exactly what those voters thought they were approving when they enshrined this into their founding charter.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

Small banks granted about 20% of loan applications this February, but they were approving about half of all requests back in early 2020, before the pandemic hit.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2023

"It had to have a satire, so it wasn't saying we were approving of this guy."

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2017

Even public insurers were approving surgical procedures that, until recently, were accessible only to those who could pay out of pocket, despite medical consensus about their safety and efficacy.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2015

Men were reading them; they were approving them.

From Study of the King James Bible by McAfee, Cleland Boyd