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Meanings of ratified in English

Formally approved and invested with legal authority.

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Examples for "sanctioned"
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Among those sanctioned are Hong Kong's police commissioner and several political secretaries.
Radio NZ
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New Hampshire also sanctioned the company last year for selling unregistered securities.
Reuters
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Traditional cab companies won't be happy about the new, officially sanctioned competition.
Wired
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Levison refused and was sanctioned for contempt of court as a result.
The Guardian
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Wire transfer systems flag transactions linked to sanctioned countries for further review.
Reuters
Usage of ratified in English
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However, the US Senate has not yet ratified the arms trade treaty.
The Irish Times
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A deal will likely need to be ratified in a workers vote.
Reuters
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The UK Treasury said the agreement needs to be ratified by Parliament.
Reuters
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Still, a handful of countries, including Russia, have not ratified the treaty.
Reuters
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January 2008 The BP exploration deal is ratified by the Libyan government.
The Guardian
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The draft could be ratified by December, despite opposition from Internet businesses.
The Irish Times
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He said the date would need to be ratified by presidential decree.
Reuters
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In a statement she says 14 Forum members have ratified the agreement.
Radio NZ
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The sentence was ratified three years later in the country's supreme court.
The Guardian
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Ten months later, the needed three-fourths of states had ratified the measure.
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In 1980, the United States ratified a treaty banning military weather manipulation.
Wired
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About 15 nations, mainly small island states, had already ratified the agreement.
Radio NZ
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Espinosa said the Paris Agreement had now been ratified by 175 nations.
Reuters
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It has been ratified or approved by parliaments in eight EU countries.
The Irish Times
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The U.S., along with dozens of other countries, has ratified the treaty.
Wired
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To get any Brexit deal ratified, May needs to secure parliament's approval.
Reuters
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