No. 16,507 in Russian
санкционировали
"Sanctioned" or "authorized."
In a sentence
Правительство санкционировало проведение конференции.
The government sanctioned the holding of the conference.
Here, 'санкционировало' is used to indicate official approval or authorization for an event.
Бессмысленные действия были санкционированы плохими советниками.
Meaningless actions were sanctioned by bad advisors.
In this sentence, 'санкционированы' conveys that the actions were condoned or permitted.
Они санкционировали начало строительства нового парка.
They sanctioned the initiation of the construction of a new park.
'Санкционировали' here indicates that they officially approved the construction to begin.
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