Approved and Turned

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Approved adjective - Established by authority; given authoritative approval.

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Turned is an antonym for approved.

Nearby Words: approval, approbation, approving, approvement

Turned adjective - Moved around an axis or center.

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Approved is an antonym for turned.

Nearby Words: turn, turning, turner

From bare bones and hints in the canon, there is now a fairly fully realised "South Africa", with all the knobs turned Up to Eleven in approved Pratchett mode.

Source: Expanded Universe
To go into more detail: The stunt was approved by The ABC's lawyers because they assumed the fake motorcade would be stopped and turned around at the first checkpoint; none of the team could believe they got as far as they got.

Source: Bavarian Fire Drill
So they offered it to a number of people including a retired general and war hero, and then to several minor members of other European royal houses, and all of them refused or were turned down because none of the candidates approved the nature of the new regime.

Source: Offered the Crown

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