Synonyms for approving
ap·prov·ing

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1. blessing, approval, approvingadjective

   the formal act of approving

   "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person"

   Synonyms:
   approval, thanksgiving, commendation, benediction, blessing, favourable reception, favorable reception, grace, boon

   Antonyms:
   unfavorable, unfavourable

2. approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausiveadjective

   expressing or manifesting praise or approval

   "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

   Synonyms:
   affirmative, approbatory, plausive, affirmatory, optimistic, approbative

   Antonyms:
   unfavorable, unfavourable

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1. List of paraphrases for "approving":

   approve, endorsing, approval, approvers, adopting, adoption, approver, endorsement, adopt

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1. Tony Cook:

   The overriding intent of this bill is to provide curricular transparency, as well as to empower parents by returning them the opportunity to participate in the curriculum process of selecting and approving instructional materials to be used by teachers in the classroom.

2. Brad Raffensperger:

   Partisan critics of Georgia’s elections described our processes and security measures as ‘ Jim Crow 2.0 ’ designed to ‘ suppress ’ voters and ‘ subvert ’ elections, but record-breaking midterm voter turnout, minimal voter wait times and an overwhelming majority of voters approving of how our election went prove that Georgia voters see through those lies. They know that Georgia elections are safe, secure and accessible to every legal voter.

3. Ewen McDonald:

   The board has reached agreement this week on key decisions that help us deliver against our target of approving $2.5 billion in 2016.

4. Aaron Kesselheim:

   The FDA is totally switching gears over the last six months and approving this drug on the basis of a theory relating to the surrogate marker of amyloid plaques that we, as an advisory committee back in November, were told to not consider, if The FDA allows companies to get drugs approved on the basis of trials that are stopped early, trials that are reanalyzed, that sets a precedent.

5. Tim Kaine:

   I ’m not opposed to the Valley Pipeline, i do n’t think Congress should be in the business of approving pipelines or rejecting them.