rubber-stamp

A form of rubber stamp — A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.

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Meanings

nounrubber-stamp (plural rubber-stamps)

plural rubber-stamps

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rubber stamp.
verbrubber-stamp (third-person singular simple present rubber-stamps, present participle rubber-stamping, simple past and past participle rubber-stamped)

present singular third person rubber-stamps · participle present rubber-stamping · participle past rubber-stamped · past rubber-stamped

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rubber stamp.

    When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted.

    2025 August 28, Robert Mackey, quoting Mark Zaid and David Lowell, “CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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    Troon: Network Rail's plans to replace the station building that was destroyed by fire on July 17 2021 with a similar design have been rubber-stamped by South Ayrshire Council, because formal permission was not legally required.

    2023 March 22, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Scotland”, in RAIL, number 979, page 27
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APA

rubber-stamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubber-stamp

MLA

“rubber-stamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubber-stamp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rubber-stamp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubber-stamp.

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