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• n  a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
• n  a speech seconding a motion
• n  formal and explicit approval
  a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
• n  a signature that validates something
  the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement
• n  the act of endorsing
  a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements

• NBC: Looked at Kennedy endorsement, in interview Obama said he had "emotions" during speech.

• indorsement
• blurb
• second
• secondment
• sanction
• countenance
• warrant
• imprimatur

News & Articles

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• Party reviewing endorsement choice
  Party reviewing endorsement choice Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:43 pm, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Albany County District Attorney David Soares was not pleased when he believed a courthouse eatery was advertising with a blogger who has repeatedly bashed crime victims. [...] Soares ...
  June 12, 2013 - Albany Times Union
• Buono gets union endorsement in NJ governor race - NBC40.net
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Democrat Barbara Buono has received a major but expected union endorsement in the New Jersey governor's race in a week where Gov. Chris Christie has received support from some high-profile Democrats.
  June 12, 2013 - NBC40 South Jersey
• Law beat: Party reviewing endorsement choice
  Law beat: Party reviewing endorsement choice Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 7:28 am, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Albany County District Attorney David Soares was not pleased when he believed a courthouse eatery was advertising with a blogger who has repeatedly bashed crime victims ...
  June 12, 2013 - Albany Times Union

Quotes

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• John Paul Stevens in Lompoc Record
  In his dissent, Judge John Paul Stevens wrote that there's nothing wrong with honoring soldiers in that manner, but the government "cannot lawfully do so by continued endorsement of a starkly sectarian message."
• John McCain in MSNBC
  Well, I've always admired and respected Gen. Powell. We're longtime friends,McCain stated. "This doesn't come as a surprise. But I'm also very pleased to have the endorsement of four former secretaries of state, Secretaries Kissinger,...
• Barack Obama in Lancaster Newspapers (registration)
  This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from,Obama said. "He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis. And the...