Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.
- v. present participle of approve.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Expressing approbation; commending.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval
- n. the formal act of approving
Examples
“They retreated not at all in the face of a Federalist resolution to include an expression approving the President’s denunciation of the Democratic Societies.”
“Her ingenuity, her creativity in approving reimbursements is the bondage. .er, envy of the free market.”
Think Progress » Army Secretary says Gates has placed a de facto moratorium on DADT discharges.
“Pennsylvania State, Temple, and two other state-related universities said yesterday that the delay in approving table-games legislation in Harrisburg could affect tuition rates, starting in January.”
“The report criticized a former commissioner and two device division leaders for their role in approving Menaflex.”
The Wall Street Journal: FDA to Revoke Knee-Device Approval, Saying It Erred
“You may have wondered at the lack of updates last week, or even the delay in approving your comments.”
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“McCaskill said the delay in approving these nominees is particularly agonizing because most of them passed out of committee with little or no opposition.”
“The adminstration had initially presented a compelling argument that speed was of essence in approving the stimulus package.”
“Davis Davis should pursue this one as hard as possible, purely because I want Gordon Brown, David Miliband and Jack Straw to have admit to their part (if they had one) in approving "extraordinary rendition".”
“If I understand Clinon, she exercised bad judgment in approving the invasion of Iraq.”
“To see the filth he's been approving is pretty sick, but not unexpected. sgwhiteinfla”
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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Probe~ation
An obnoxious and ridiculous madlib list where verbish '-ing' words fill in the blank wherein the blank is a call for a beating.
For example:
"You're ________in' for a brus...searching, looking, hunting, seeking, questing, exploring, asking, inquiring, snooping, poking, probing, scouting and 262 more...
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