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. 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.

2. Carlos Saturnino:

   Lack of efficiency in approving projects led to a backlog of around $5 billion in projects between 2015 and 2017.

3. Bob Menendez:

   The bill we are approving today makes clear the United States does not seek war or increased tensions with Beijing, just the opposite. We are carefully and strategically lowering the existential threats facing Taiwan by raising the cost of taking the island by force so that it becomes too high a risk and unachievable.

4. Aaron Weiss:

   In every shutdown prior, the Interior Department actually shuts down, and approving oil and gas drilling permits is not an essential government function, there's no reason these permits couldn't have waited until after the shutdown, but( Bernhardt) wanted to get them out the door anyway.

5. Chuck Grassley:

   Obviously the views of the majority leader are important to consider, but they do not govern what happens here in the Senate Judiciary Committee, if consideration on the floor was the standard for approving a bill in committee or not, we wouldn't probably be moving any bills out of Senate Judiciary Committee.