How to Use approval in a Sentence

approval

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  • We were required to get approvals at each stage of the project.
  • The government has so far withheld approval of the drug.
  • Do I have your approval to make the changes?
  • The rally will be on May 19, provided the city gives its approval.
  • Your child looks to you for approval and a sense of safety.
    — Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
  • It’s been clear for some time now that these treatments are on the cusp of approval.
    — Jayasree K. Iyer, STAT, 12 July 2023
  • The issue threatened to hold up approval of the project’s second phase.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Eli Lilly hopes to win approval of a rival Alzheimer’s drug, donanemab, by the end of the year.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • The dozens of parties responsible for the cleanup have to agree to a payment plan and present it to the EPA for approval.
    — Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Right to Life got approval for the credits — to rescind its approval for the credits.
    — Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The upper chamber will have to move with uncommon speed to vote on that and send it to the House for approval before the end of the week.
    — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Public approval of the Supreme Court is near historic lows.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • That budget item is pending approval in the next couple of weeks.
    — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2023
  • The two companies will need shareholder approval for the deals to go ahead.
    — Weilun Soon, wsj.com, 13 May 2023
  • Distribution of the state funds was then paused pending the approval of the safety rules.
    — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023
  • This is the first time it will be released with the band’s approval, and it’s scheduled to arrive on February 9 via Goofin’.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The initiatives are ongoing, with the latest batch of approvals sent just this week.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • And the elections—or rather, the mass approval of Putin’s activities—will show that the people, at least, are playing along.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
  • That is the lowest President Biden has ever measured in our poll, in terms of job approval.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The project meets the requirements of the state’s bonus density laws and, as a result, the city staff is required to recommend approval, Madera said.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Private Placement remains subject to approval of the Exchange.
    — Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
  • His overall approval numbers have remained at a steady low for the last several years.
    — Cora Lewis, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Broadcom declined to confirm to the Financial Times whether the deal would need Chinese approval.
    — Bylionel Lim, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The proposal still needs the sign-off of the full council, which must decide whether to place it on the November 2024 ballot for voter approval.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The deal was expected to close in the third quarter, pending the approval of regulators and investors.
    — Collin Eaton, wsj.com, 15 May 2023
  • While those six appear to have clinched their spot on the stage, pending the RNC's approval, recent polling has moved other candidates closer to a spot on the stage.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 24 July 2023
  • Another case, which the court declined to hear, challenged the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug in 2000.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
  • This is especially true for a drug approval that has been established for so many years.
    — Eva Temkin, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
  • In all three, Biden’s approval numbers were under water.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
  • Pending final approval by a judge at a March 20 sentencing hearing, he will be sentenced to nine years in prison.
    — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024

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