rub·ber-stamp
ˈrə-bər-ˈstamp 
rubber-stamped; rubber-stamping; rubber-stamps
1
: to approve, endorse, or dispose of as a matter of routine or at the command of another
2
: to mark with a rubber stamp
1
: a stamp of rubber for making imprints
2
a
: a person who echoes or imitates others
b
: a mostly powerless yet officially recognized body or person that approves or endorses programs and policies initiated usually by a single specified source
the parliament was a rubber stamp for the dictator
3
a
: a stereotyped copy or expression
the usual rubber stamps of criticism—
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
b
: a routine endorsement or approval
Examples of rubber-stamp in a Sentence
Noun
The legislature has been nothing more than a rubber stamp for the President.
an author who was ultimately just another rubber stamp of Hemingway
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Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
For Inter, victory would rubber-stamp this current period of greatness under Inzaghi, lifting the one major trophy missing from his four-year spell at the club.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Allison Maslan, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
But the mayor obviously felt confident enough about getting a rubber stamp to let the cat out of the bag.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 May 2025
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Verb
In a dramatic and unprecedented move Tuesday, the Florida Board of Governors voted 10–6 to reject Santa J. Ono’s nomination as the University of Florida’s next president in a heated session that more closely resembled a Senate confirmation hearing than the typical rubber-stamp vote.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
For Inter, victory would rubber-stamp this current period of greatness under Inzaghi, lifting the one major trophy missing from his four-year spell at the club.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
For starters, a team that’s aligned on the mission and empowered to make decisions is going to move faster—way faster—than one waiting around for the boss’s rubber stamp.
—Allison Maslan, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
But the mayor obviously felt confident enough about getting a rubber stamp to let the cat out of the bag.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 May 2025
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“Rubber-stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubber-stamp. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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