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ratifying

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present participle of ratify

as in approving

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery

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Recent Examples of ratifying Hence, the National Players Basketball Association plans to talk with the NBA about ratifying the CBA to alter spending restrictions. — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The European Union and the United States took one ultra-laborious step forward in ratifying their bilateral trade deal in late June. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 23 July 2026 During that ratifying convention, Wilson also argued that the franchise should extend broadly, beyond just property owners. — Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 Both resolutions, ratifying the clerk-treasurer’s office policies and procedures and the public comment policy, will be brought back up at the council’s July meeting. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026 The museum’s security staff organized separately, in 2022, ratifying their inaugural contract in 2024 following a twelve-day strike. — News Desk, Artforum, 18 May 2026 If the unions agreed to that, Horwitz said, any delay in negotiating or ratifying a new contract after the 2026 contract runs out would see the LIRR workers effectively making less after the end of the year. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026 Workers represented by United Steelworkers Local 12775 are headed back to work at NIPSCO, after ratifying a new contract with the utility. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 Last April, the union celebrated when Atlanta City Council passed a resolution ratifying the first-of-its-kind collective bargaining agreement. — Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026

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To support the transition, the council passed a resolution approving a grant agreement with The Recycling Partnership Inc.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Meloni moved quickly after the previous weekend’s looting and clashes, sending 500 additional soldiers to Milan and approving tougher penalties for minors involved in vandalism.

— Amanda Macias, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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