reapprove

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Recent Examples of reapprove Last year, Congress reapproved the Violence Against Women Act with Bree’s Law provisions. Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023 The order reapproves a Trump-era decision to allow exports from the project to nations with which the U.S. does not have a free-trade agreement. Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023 In 2019, the Texas Legislature appropriated $1.5 million to join ERIC, an appropriation that was reapproved in 2021. Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023 The Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board first approved the project in December 2017 and reapproved it in February 2021, also requiring the company to enter good-faith negotiations with neighborhood representatives. Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023 The group also took a swipe at McConnell, who has criticized Scott’s proposal to sunset all federal legislation after five years unless reapproved by Congress, including Medicare and Social Security. Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2023 Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, also called in his 11-point plan for forcing Congress to have to reapprove every federal program after five years, a measure that would put entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare in jeopardy. Washington Post, 10 May 2022 Although the major funding bills originated in the House, Senate amendments mean House lawmakers must review and reapprove those measures before they could be sent to the governor. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2021 As Ohio’s budgeting cycle only lasts for two years, state lawmakers must reapprove unspent money for projects that take longer than two years to complete. Laura Hancock, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapprove
Verb
  • And the way that Joe Alwyn’s character responds seems to validate, perhaps, her accusation.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • However, human studies are needed to validate these effects.
    Devineé Lingo, M.S., Health, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Google, for example, offers a $49/month data analytics certificate as part of Grow with Google.
    Morgan Smith, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Occupation / Former restaurateur Education / GED certificate Family / Single with four sons Lauren Boebert was first elected to Congress in 2020 in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.
    The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Keep in mind, again, that being granted Division 1 sanctioning by U.S. Soccer is more accurately a recognition of a league’s baseline operating standards than an assessment of its competitive mettle.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • In the first instance, governing body World Athletics would have to radically change its policy towards transgender women competing in female categories, enabling Telfer to race in events sanctioned by the organization.
    Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok and George Ramsay, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Just like when Trump recently helped legitimize Maduro by sending White House special envoy Richard Grenell to meet with the Venezuelan dictator and pose in smiling pictures with him, Trump’s de facto abandonment of pro-democracy groups in the hemisphere is a major blunder.
    Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The world's most powerful political figure has legitimized their vision.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • They must be revalidated every few years to ensure high levels of implementation.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
  • In this view, the war in Ukraine revalidates NSC-68.
    Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
Verb
  • The provision was ratified in the late nineteen-eighties, but conservatives allied with the country’s agricultural lobby have long impeded its enforcement.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in 1951 following the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was elected to four terms between 1933 and 1945.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But many borrowers in IDR plans — including IBR, PAYE, and ICR — have not had to recertify their income for several years.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Ahead of the jump, many of the lawmakers participated in a practice run in April in Florida to recertify for the launch.
    Lisa Mascaro, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2024

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“Reapprove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapprove. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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