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In addition to selecting Henderson’s contract, the Orioles announced that they had optioned infielder Tyler Nevin to Norfolk and designated right-hander Denyi Reyes for assignment.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

The group was then adapting Witherspoon vehicle “Little Fires Everywhere,” which it had optioned before the book’s release and then named as a club pick.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2022

In 2017, Murphy had optioned the rights to “A Vast Conspiracy,” a best-selling book on the Clinton scandal by Jeffrey Toobin, who last year faced his own public scandal.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

So I immediately called David and no one had optioned the book yet, and Dave was kind enough to come aboard our project.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2020

I was alone west of the surveyed line; east of it steel-corporation men had optioned mountains of iron and another interest had a grip on coal-fields.

From Flower of the North A Modern Romance by Curwood, James Oliver