The phrase "get approved by" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when something or someone needs approval from a higher authority in order to proceed. For example, "The project proposal needs to get approved by the board of directors before it can go ahead."
But there are people who are incredibly passionate about what they do — for example, if you're a scientist, and you're working on a particular drug, and your drug does not get approved by the F.D.A. in the first round of approval, are you sleeping at night?
He wasn't going to get approved by Major League Baseball in a timely manner.
A new luxury high-rise being designed by Richard Meier is still struggling to get approved by the city after almost five years of development.
The administration has proposed $250 million more this year, which it would seek to get approved by Congress before it recesses early next month, officials said.
Things got livelier after intermission, when Muti revealed one of his most endearing traits: his love for obscure works that other conductors won't perform, or can't get approved by doubters in the administrative offices.
After the government presented a weak anticorruption law in Parliament in December, which failed to get approved by Parliament, Mr. Kejriwal eventually declared that forming a political party was the only solution.
"Everything we do gets approved by shareholders, one way or the other," he said.
The real test for any deal, however, is whether it gets approved by enough lawmakers in both parties.
All too often in Albany, badly needed legislation gets approved by one chamber only to die amid phony excuses in the frantic rush before adjournment.
As one big tech merger gets approved by the EU, another might get kicked back into play.
