ratify
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Examples of ratify in a Sentence
Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
Yet, the practice of district butchering truly took off after the states ratified the 15th Amendment granting Black men the right to vote in 1870.
—TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
About 150 North American Sega employees successfully ratified their union contract, becoming the first major video game company to receive approval.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
Members unanimously voted to ratify the new agreement on Saturday afternoon.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
Though the union avoided a work stoppage that year, its delegates only narrowly ratified its Basic Agreement and Area Standards Agreement deals with studios and streamers.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
City councils must approve them and present them to voters to be ratified, which is typically an innocuous process that residents don't give much attention.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
Deals with outside free agents can not be ratified until Wednesday at 1 p.m. In recent years, the 49ers made quick strikes once the negotiating window opened, swooping in for cornerback Charvarius Ward in 2022 and defensive tackle Javon Hargrave last year.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
Section 3 was ratified in 1869, in the wake of the Civil War, and was originally aimed at Confederates.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Middle English ratifien, from Anglo-French ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus determined, from past participle of reri to calculate — more at reason entry 1
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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