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okay

American  
[oh-kay, oh-kay, oh-kay] / ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪ /

adjective

okayed, okaying
  1. An image of the word okay as defined by a variant of OK.

    a variant of OK.


okay British  
/ ˌəʊˈkeɪ /
  1. a variant of O.K.

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It's okay not to have a big hype behind everything'.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The combination of elevated inflation and strong GDP growth presented by this morning’s round of data is bad for interest rates, but okay for stock investors, Northlight Asset Management’s Chris Zaccarelli says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

One commenter assured him that it’s okay to cut off a friendship “over moral differences.”

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

"It was horrible, like nothing we ever experienced. My daughter was trapped in school. Thank God we are okay," Juana Alveo, a 38-year-old cashier at a store in the central city of Penonome told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Do you think he’ll be okay with it?”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Police Chief Jim McDonnell okayed the removal of the officers after learning of the specific allegations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

In Bolivia the government only recently okayed a new project by a Chinese consortium.

From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2023

Rakshit said that every time he okayed a take, Rajamouli would ask for "one more" shot.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023

The State Department said it had okayed sales worth more than $425 million of spare aircraft parts to support Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighters, C-130 transport planes and other U.S.-supplied weapons systems.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

And then she was like, ‘Mr. McGinity’s family okayed the move.’

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

A judge’s order okaying a $55,000 payout to a former staffer in the third case noted in court records that the settlement, which included attorney fees, should not be taken as an admission of wrongdoing.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023

If anything the editor okaying it makes it even worse, because it's like, "Did you not read my whole book that would explain why this is missing the point?"

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2020

With NFL owners okaying his four-year, $200 million contract extension last week as Protector of the Shield, Goodell will cross the half-billion mark in earnings since becoming commissioner.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2017

But in cases like Giordano's, where Lindenbaum did the okaying, the evidence resulting from the taps may not be used even though the taps may have been otherwise legal.

From Time Magazine Archive

By okaying the law, or most parts of it, the court would invite other states to introduce new restrictions of their own.

From Time Magazine Archive

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