The phrase "almost certainly approved" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a high degree of confidence that something has been approved, but without absolute certainty.
Example: "The proposal for the new project is almost certainly approved, given the positive feedback from the board."
Alternatives: "likely approved" or "probably approved".
The order to detain him was almost certainly approved by someone at the top level of the government.
The meetings were almost certainly approved and possibly facilitated by the British authorities as a way to both educate their allies and provide Mr. Skripal with income.
Western diplomats said the influence wielded by Syria over Lebanese affairs meant that the arrests were almost certainly approved in advance by the Damascus Government.
Their statement said they had full confidence in Britain's assessment that the two suspects were members of Russia's GRU, and agreed that their operation was "almost certainly" approved at a senior level of the Russian government.
LONDON — The leaders of the United States, France, Germany and Canada on Thursday endorsed Britain's assessment that a nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in March was conducted by Russian military officers and "almost certainly" approved at a senior level of the Russian government.
The prime minister told MPs the poisoning was "not a rogue operation" and was "almost certainly" approved at a senior level of the Russian state.
This was a decision to reconsider (and almost certainly approve) California's request to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, which the Bush administration had denied.
On Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee plans to take up and almost certainly approve a $550 billion 10-year tax cut that follows the president's prescription with one important exception.
Still, shareholders will almost certainly approve the deal, analysts and bankers say, if only because there is no better choice before them.
Assuming 60 votes can be found to beat back the inevitable filibuster from Republicans like Mike Lee or Ted Cruz, the Senate will almost certainly approve the resolution minus the defunding language, sending the bill right back to the House.
It may not be as new as we thought – but the painted Britons of Caesar's time would almost certainly approve.
