Formally approve
The crossword clue "Formally approve" is answered by RATIFY, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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RATIFY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RATIFY answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Related clues
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- Withdraw formally - SECEDE, used 22 times
- Formally withdraw - SECEDE, used 14 times
- Choose formally - ANOINT, used 10 times
- Formally charge - INDICT, used 7 times
- Approve - SAYYES, used 6 times
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