- a variation of OK.
okay
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“We encourage families to check in with their children and remind them that it is okay to seek support when needed,” the message said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
You write that he “makes people feel good about themselves by telling them it’s okay to be the worst version of themselves.”
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Something real, something uncompromising. Something that tells you it's just okay to come as you are."
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Meta glasses revolution - is it okay to film people in public?
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
‘She told me. She made me promise not to tell anyone. So you mustn’t say anything, okay?’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
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
They claim a newly published email confirmed John Swinney okayed the deal.
From BBC ● May 12, 2022
One of his brothers had a drum set, and the Warden okayed PJ.’s owning a large aquarium.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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
Lance has been criticized for a serious lapse of judgment in okaying a sizable loan to a man whose finances were known to be shaky.
From Time Magazine Archive
