How to Use endorse in a Sentence

endorse

verb
Definition of endorsenext
Synonyms for endorsenext
  • You must endorse the check before you deposit it in the bank.
  • She endorses a line of clothing.
  • We do not endorse their position.
  • That brand of sneaker is endorsed by several basketball stars.
  • The newspaper has endorsed the conservative candidate for mayor.
  • What drove Apple to endorse this bill is hard to judge.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The plan had been endorsed by her late husband before his death.
    — TIME, 18 Mar. 2024
  • More than 50 of Chen’s students and colleagues endorsed him for the honor.
    — Martha Hurley, IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2023
  • Tuberville was the first senator to endorse Trump for 2024.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2023
  • In the race, Foster has been endorsed by the two largest city employee labor unions.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • What’s puzzling here is how unironically the camera and the score endorse it.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
  • Sarah Huckabee Sanders endorsed her former boss at the rally.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The seat is currently held by Ali Noland, who did not file to run for a second term and endorsed Strong to be her successor.
    — Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Even to the least weather-savvy, Saturday’s skies seemed to endorse that likelihood.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Moms for Liberty put up or endorsed nine candidates for five school boards in Iowa.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • If that trend holds, the next challenge will be convincing the W.H.O. to endorse the use of spatial repellents, then the Kenyan government to buy them.
    — Stephanie Nolen Malin Fezehai, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Trump claims that the election was stolen since 2020 and has often endorsed candidates based on agreement with that belief.
    — Josh Dawsey The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In the same poll, it was made clear that whoever was endorsed by Machado would more likely become the first candidate.
    — Elias Ferrer, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The two politicians later formed a deep rift, though, which Richardson said was a result of his decision not to endorse Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primaries.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The former president had endorsed Cameron before the election.
    — Nick Hollkamp, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2023
  • Unions don’t typically endorse candidates this early in the race, with the April 2 election still more than six months away.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • In 2012, six of the nine school board members were endorsed by the Loudoun County Republican Committee.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • End of carousel Leaders of both parties in the Senate have endorsed the proposal, and the upper chamber is expected to vote on the bill later this week.
    — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Many of the top people who worked under Trump — including members of the cabinet — will not endorse him either.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Boxer, who initially planned to not endorse in the primary but then backed Schiff, took a similar view.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Even though the Journal does not formally endorse candidates, the editorial page is adept at putting a thumb on the scale.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The decision not to endorse Trump appears to be a departure from early in the primary campaign.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Aurora is set to endorse the 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago region.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In this post-Kurt-and-River era, MacGowan is leery of endorsing unhealthy behavior.
    — Chris Norris, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
  • He’s been endorsed by the political arm of the Congressional Black Caucus.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 17 May 2023

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