The phrase "approved a paper" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of giving formal consent or acceptance to a written document, typically in an academic or professional context.
Example: "The committee reviewed the submissions and ultimately approved a paper for publication in the journal."
Alternatives: "endorsed a paper" or "accepted a paper."
After three years of wrangling, parliament last September approved a paper on AIDS.
The Welsh Government Cabinet approved a paper on open data in February 2016, recognising 'how real-time data was informing citizen choice, and how management and statistical information was being used effectively to drive performance improvement', and released its Open Data Plan in March 2016.
Copps also takes issue with another provision of Martin's plan, which says that in order for a newspaper-broadcast merger to be approved, a paper in financial distress must show it will invest in newsroom operations.
We do not generally ask experimentalists reviewing an experimental paper to replicate the same experiments before approving a paper, so this is understandable.
Earlier this month it approved a white paper that calls for shorter working hours for fathers to give them more time with their families.
In 2005, it had approved a controversial paper about the resurrection of the H1N1 flu strain that caused the 1918 pandemic (Science, 7 October 2005, p. 77).
The church's General Council approved the recommendation on Aug. 15 (Wednesday) and approved a policy paper on Friday at its meeting in Ottawa.
They approved a "Fairer Taxes" policy paper that proposed replacing business rates and property taxes with a land value tax, as well as restricting tax pension tax relief and increasing capital gains tax for the wealthy.
The only county that has already switched is Sarasota, where voters last year approved a charter amendment requiring a paper-ballot system.
The high court today approved a settlement in which the papers' publisher, News International subsidiary News Group Newspapers, paid £35,000 damages to Miller and agreed to pay her legal costs.
Despite grumbling from wo men's associations and the Christian churches, the Tan zanian National Assembly voted to approve a Government white paper on the subject before the assembly adjourned last week end.
