How to Use imprimatur in a Sentence

imprimatur

noun

• He gave the book his imprimatur.
• For discerning food-lovers in search of the good stuff, Sachs’ imprimatur goes a long way.
  — Peter Jon Lindberg, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2019
• At times, the quest to win Ms. Hager’s imprimatur can be something of a cloak-and-dagger affair.
  — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• My client needs the imprimatur of someone else, trusted in the buyer’s network, in order to have a chance to make the deal.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020
• Now, the addition of the DNC will give the tool the official imprimatur of the national party.
  — NBC News, 28 June 2018
• But that inquiry had not gotten the imprimatur of a full House vote or the full rhetorical backing of the speaker.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• The National Gallery, which, by the way, opened 20 years after the Phillips, is a temple of art and has the imprimatur of officialdom.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 Sep. 2021
• Make no mistake: Clark was acting with the imprimatur of the president.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
• The Last Slimeto is a thrilling mess that adds to the imprimatur of a Southern rapper whose legend continues to grow.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2022
• Schubert is unfazed by the prospect of running without the GOP’s imprimatur.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2021
• All were willing to lend their — in the case of Couric at that moment in time, stellar — presence and imprimatur to the event and by extension to Epstein.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• And the award imprints them with a permanent imprimatur of greatness.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
• The Obama imprimatur is far from a sure-fire ticket to victory.
  — Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• The movie bears the imprimatur of Human Rights Watch and, after this limited release, will stream during in June.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2020
• In the end, the Ibis Press did some error-ridden printing on behalf of clients, and put out nothing at all under its own imprimatur.
  — Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• Brady was further prodded to give Harry some sort of imprimatur.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019
• For Bannon, who has repeatedly fallen in and out with Trump, the pardon conferred the imprimatur of being back in the fold.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2022
• That name brand signals to others that your company has been blessed by their imprimatur.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
• The creators of some coins gave them away to Polychain, Mr. Carlson-Wee and other early adopters, hoping for the imprimatur of approval.
  — Rob Copeland, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2018
• All but the last two entities have received Putin’s imprimatur.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• In many of these crowded races the party imprimatur can give candidates a meaningful way to stand out.
  — John Myers, latimes.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Brady told us all year through his body language and his refusal to grant his imprimatur that the offense was inadequate.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
• But the bill bestows this small number of projects with bipartisan imprimatur, which may give investors more confidence to fund the space for the long term.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2021
• The company has announced more than 40 new plug-in models, with the new iPerformance imprimatur.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
• Then there’s the long simmering feud about what was perceived as Coinbase’s lending its imprimatur to Bitcoin knock-offs.
  — Brandon Kochkodin, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2021
• Striking the right balance is more about receiving the imprimatur of a powerful man than anything else.
  — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2019
• Perhaps, but there’s no doubt that the GOP has blessed — and lent a bipartisan imprimatur to — a portion of the president’s hoped-for historic spending spree.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 10 Aug. 2021
• The art is almost all Puryear’s, and now his dealer will probably sell it, with the nice, fresh, shiny Biennale imprimatur burnishing it and its price.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Aug. 2019
• Traders and refiners wanting to do business with Russia would flock to the U.S. imprimatur for their own protection.
  — WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
• When Frieze alights in Seoul this month for the first time, the hip international art fair’s imprimatur will officially anoint the buzzy Asian city as the next great global art center.
  — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024