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as in echo
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way an author who was ultimately just another rubber stamp of Hemingway

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Recent Examples of rubber stamp
Noun
Trump White House: San Diego County must not be a rubber stamp for any presidential administration — whether Democrat or Republican. Louis A Fuentes, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025 Those prints are made by using the body casts essentially as rubber stamps. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
What To Know Documents submitted ahead of the annual session of China's rubber-stamp congress this week outline measures aimed at softening the impact of an aging population while encouraging younger couples to have more children. William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025 The rubber-stamp parliament retains an important function: to signal the priorities of the government for the coming year and to disseminate instructions to party members and officials across the country. TIME, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rubber stamp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber stamp
Noun
  • The pledge was an echo of a $350-billion investment commitment in the U.S. that Apple made during Trump’s first term when the iPhone was exempted from China tariffs.
    Mae Anderson and Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Regulations offer the starkest echo of the Ring’s curse.
    Jon Fleischman, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The footage fueled speculation the young starter had been crying, stirring a round of criticism from former big leaguers, adding fuel to a baseball public already irritated by his choice to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Since the adoption by the United Nations of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, no fewer than 186 countries have signed an international treaty that both demonizes the traditional use of coca and calls for the complete eradication of the plant.
    Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In lieu of discussions of who is best for the role artistically, the question becomes who will sell more tickets (Ivy has 3 million followers but TikTok influencers rally around Chloe) and create a less toxic workplace.
    Christian Lewis, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • According to Rolling Stone, the singer’s public profile is one of the eight followers, as well as SZA, producer Michael Uzowuru, singer girlsweetvoiced and audio engineer Sean Matsukawa.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • One ballot was tossed out because it wasn’t initialed by an election judge, and Balich won the position via a lottery.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The serial numbers on those seals are written on a form that is then initialed by the chief inspector and a member of the Board of Absentee Canvassers.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The House voted Tuesday to effectively kill a discharge petition championed by Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida that forced a vote on a measure that would have permitted remote voting for new parents.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Under former trade agreements, China committed to releasing 34 foreign films per year under revenue-share terms, with overseas studios permitted to a 25 percent share of ticket sales.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Carson, who served as secretary during President Trump’s first term, endorsed Trump’s most recent bid for the presidency in late 2023.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
  • After penning an op-ed calling for President Biden to step aside during the 2024 presidential election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in his place, the 2x Oscar winner recently opened up about the ongoing backlash to his statement.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Phishing attacks often attempt to get people to share personal information, like Social Security numbers, which enables criminals to access finances.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Archer Aviation Archer's efforts to secure what's called 'Type Certification' from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Midnight could enable the eVTOL company to operate out of major airports.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Rubber stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber%20stamp. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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