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
Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for President Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government as lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Moment of the season… Sam Smith heading in Wrexham’s third goal against Charlton to rubber-stamp promotion.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Noun
As lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding, Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for President Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government as lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
This was underlined after the FA Cup semi-final, a day when Villa let a golden opportunity to rubber-stamp Emery’s era with a trophy pass by.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Moment of the season… Sam Smith heading in Wrexham’s third goal against Charlton to rubber-stamp promotion.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubber stamp
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The echoes from the celebration just a few steps away — from a hardwood that was supposed to be theirs — will haunt the Knicks far longer than their wins will comfort them.—
Kristian Winfield,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
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Set high atop Fort Hill, where echoes of the Revolutionary War still linger, 17-19 Beech Glen Street offers a front-row seat to Boston’s layered history — literally.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2025
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The Dodgers also quietly signed Kyle Funkhouser to a minor-league deal, stashing another arm with big-league time just in case.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Jones signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Minnesota Twins.—
Emma Moon,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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On Instagram alone, both Life & Style and In Touch counted north of half a million followers in addition to robust websites.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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There, Rowling posts several times a day in support of gender fundamentalism to her 14 million-plus followers, frequently trading barbs with commenters—even fracturing her relationship with Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint—while toasting her own personal successes.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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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
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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
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But even now, decades later, the U.S. has fewer missile interceptors deployed (44) than the treaty permitted (100).—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
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Teams are permitted to have up to 35 players in their squad at the start of the tournament (and must have a minimum of 26).—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Though the Federalist Society does not formally endorse judicial nominees or take policy positions, its network of legal scholars and alumni played an outsize role in Trump’s first-term appointments, including three Supreme Court justices.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 June 2025
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In April, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and 32BJ, two politically powerful local unions, endorsed Cuomo despite having also pressured him to resign in 2021.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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Centralized registries could enable real-time tracking of donors.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The access also frequently gives the hackers the ability to move throughout a customer’s network, enabling attacks on other cloud services and internal corporate networks.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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“Rubber stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubber%20stamp. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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