okay
Americanadjective
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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
About 6% said they would regard it as cheating, while a further 19% said they would "not be okay with it".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Greene-Placentia is speaking out now, she said, because “I need to let women know that it’s okay to talk about it.”
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 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
“Okay, okay, you’re gonna wait over that way for your order and then you can tell me if I’m a good cook or not. Any allergies?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Police Chief Jim McDonnell okayed the removal of the officers after learning of the specific allegations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
Judge Barbier said that’s not how he was led to believe the settlement he okayed would work.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
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
I hoped she’d be so mad that he went ahead and okayed the concert that she wouldn’t even notice I’d gone behind her back to get permission.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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
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
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
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