The phrase "approved efforts" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to actions or initiatives that have received official approval or endorsement.
Example: "The committee has recognized and documented the approved efforts to enhance community engagement."
Alternatives: "authorized initiatives" or "sanctioned actions".
A slim majority of voters in the largely Inupiat city of Barrow in Alaska approved efforts to change the community's name to Utqiagvik (pronounced "oot-GHAR-vik") in their local election on 4 October.
Although the statute was expected to be approved, efforts by Mr. Morales's supporters in Santa Cruz to encourage people to weaken its legitimacy by not voting also appeared to have succeeded.
Work veers from critically approved efforts such as Frederic Leighton's An Athlete Wrestling With A Python to the more funfair-ish Elephant, a 7ft ceramic commissioned by Thomas Goode for display at the Paris Exposition of 1889.
For instance, high-level I.R.S. officials must now approve efforts to lump similar applications or audits into one centralized location for processing.
Still, with the exception of the bollards approved today, efforts to institute the new security the G.S.A. wants at New York's federal buildings remains stalled.
The changes were approved amid efforts by Hong Kong-based CNOOC to trump a previous, competing bid by Chevron.
According to the approved plan, efforts will be made to use exterior colors that help the structures blend in with the environment.
Although many steps of the virus life cycle have been unraveled and 24 distinct drugs targeted against HIV have been approved, all efforts to achieve an overall eradication of the virus have turned out to be ineffective [16].
The congressionally approved construction effort is winding up, but about 82 miles of Arizona's 388 miles of border remain without a barrier, federal officials say.
"We urge you to quickly approve additional efforts to support Ukraine's efforts to defend its sovereign territory, including through the transfer of lethal defence weapons systems to the Ukrainian military".
That is to say, the Covers Contest approves of efforts to widen the canon; widen the canon, we say, and the covers will follow.
