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Definition of Seal of approval

1. Noun. An indication of approved or superior status.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seal Of Approval

Literary usage of Seal of approval

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Comprehensive Concordance to the Holy Scriptures by James Bradford Richmond Walker (1894)
"... which were experienced years ago in the early history of the work I May my heavenly Father set his seal of approval and usefulness upon this woik, ..."

2. The United States Navy in the World War: Official Pictures Selected from the by James Clayton Russell, William Emmet Moore (1921)
""It seemed to me to set the seal of approval by my comrades of the Marine Corps." wrote Gen. Harbord later; "knowing the circumstances it meant everything ..."

3. National Computer Security Conference Proceedings, 1992: Information Systems by DIANE Publishing Company (1992)
"To illustrate this point, a simile of the process by which a household appliance receives the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Seal of Approval will be used. ..."

4. Accountability of the International Monetary Fund by Barry Carin, Angela Wood (2005)
"In their view, the seal of approval role of IMF arrangements in unlocking other sources of financing gave the IMF the upper hand in negotiations with the ..."

5. Rules and Standards by Pennsylvania State Board of Censors of Moving-Pictures (1915)
"... reel or view was originally released, and when said application is received and acted upon favorably by the Board, the substituted seal of approval will ..."

6. Thirty Years of Labor. 1859-1889: In which the History of the Attempts to by Terence Vincent Powderly (1889)
"It does not bear the seal of approval of any recognized body of the order, and represents merely the sentiment of a member of this body, and should not be ..."

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