reapprove

verb

Definition of reapprovenext
as in to reaccredit

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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 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapprove
  1. validate
  2. certificate
  3. sanction
  4. legitimize
  5. revalidate
  6. ratify
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  • Moderna and Merck still need to validate the approach in other cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer, bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The demonstration was part of a series of tests intended to validate the procedures, networks, and interfaces required to operate the Stingray from a carrier.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of validate
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  • The job-training programs supported by the Lucky Duck Foundation range from culinary training, food rescue, community beautification and trash pickup to certificate programs in construction, technology and health industries.
    — Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • Online courses providers show a similarly vast scale in users and certificate completions.
    — Bryan Penprase, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of certificate
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  • But, once more, have the lawyers that filed those papers been sanctioned?
    — Miles J. Zaremski, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Ben-Gvir and Smotrich have been personally sanctioned and are facing travel bans from multiple Western countries.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of sanction
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  • Moreover, its lead in many technologies meant that the United States had much more to lose than to gain by legitimizing commercial spying.
    — DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Seeking new crypto money, Christie’s and Sotheby’s cut all other legitimizing actors out of the loop with NFTs, elevating what might previously have been categorized as illustration, graphic art, or a social media meme to the status of fine art.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of legitimize
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  • Add the expertise required to revalidate models after line changes, address model drift and maintain operating context, and the cost of autonomy can look different from the original business case.
    — Claudio Laterreur, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The bill does not establish mechanisms to address the provider shortage, though Oz has previously said that all states will have to revalidate all of their providers, which has led to months of disruption in Minnesota.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 15 June 2026
Definition of revalidate
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  • The report also warned that failure to ratify the contract would stop rehabilitation work, leaving the neighborhood vulnerable to further deterioration.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • A day before the convention was signed, 19 nongovernmental organizations released a joint statement urging nations to not sign or ratify the treaty.
    — Mary Lind, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of ratify

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“Reapprove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapprove. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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