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The phrase "approval was gained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that permission or consent has been obtained for a particular action or decision.
Example: "After several discussions, approval was gained from the board to proceed with the new project."
Alternatives: "approval was obtained" or "consent was secured."
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The study was approved by the Outer South-East London NHS Research Ethics Committee and local NHS Research Governance approval was gained in each site.
Approval was gained from the Caldicott Guardian.
Ethical approval was gained through the South Wales Ethics Committee.
Ethical approval was gained from the Ethical Approval Committee /College of Medicine / University of Al-Nahrain
Methods: Institutional approval was gained to collect anonymised patient data over a 6-month period from a mixture of written and electronic records.
Full ethical approval was gained for the study of both cohorts.
For samples collected in Copenhagen, approval was granted by the Medical History Museum and in Odense, Denmark, approval was gained through Odense University ethics committee.
Ethics approval was gained.
Ethical approval was gained in Ghent only.
Ethical approval was gained for all changes.
Ethics approval was gained from Oxford Research Ethics Committee (01.02).
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