Thesaurus results for RATIFIED

ratified

verb

past tense of ratify

as in approved

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery

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Recent Examples of ratified Last year, the Board of Education passed a five-year plan centered on equity and ratified our union’s four-year contract focused on creating the schools our students deserve. —

Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026 Terms of the agreement have not been announced, and NIPSCO said the steelworkers will remain locked out of their jobs until the contract is ratified. —

Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 The other unions that reached a deal with UC and later ratified those contracts included the California Nurses Association, which represents nearly 24,000 nurses, and the University Professional and Technical Employees, which represents 21,000 healthcare, research and technical professionals. —

Pat Maio, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026 The deal must still be ratified in a vote that begins on Thursday and runs through April 24. —

Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026 It has been ratified by 171 countries and the European Union, but not Iran or the United States. —

Elizabeth Mendenhall, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026 The deal must still be ratified by SEIU Local 99 members. —

Teresa Liu, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026 It has been ratified by 171 countries and the European Union, but not Iran or the United States. —

Elizabeth Mendenhall, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026 All three deals still need to be ratified by union members and by the LAUSD Board of Education. —

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

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After his 2022 bankruptcy petition was approved, Gurliacci rejoined the work force, hopping to six Georgia law enforcement agencies within three years, each time resigning before moving on, records obtained by AP show.

— Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026