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go-ahead

[goh-uh-hed] / ˈgoʊ əˌhɛd /




go ahead






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Based on that data, the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has given the go-ahead for human trials.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The administration first allowed Anthropic to give access to a select group of trusted customers before giving it the go-ahead for wider access late last month after it addressed cybersecurity concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

If the hub gets the go-ahead, it would be built across the road from Michael's home and his Airbnb.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

After Brunson gave the Knicks their first lead with 82 seconds remaining and Anunoby's go-ahead basket, the Spurs wouldn't get another shot off.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Otherwise, they wouldn’t give the go-ahead for the broadcast.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

If the combination were to go ahead, existing Segro shareholders would own about 10.5% of the newly-combined global Prologis platform.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Whether those talks — which were meant to deal with the thorniest issues between the two countries, including the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear program — will go ahead remains unclear.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Events in the region are expected to go ahead, but questions remain over how much growth will be affected, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The society's superior-general, Father Davide Pagliarani, said in a statement published Tuesday that the group would go ahead with the consecrations and insisted it was "neither schismatic nor hostile to the Church".

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Miig motioned for Chi-Boy to go ahead to scout the next campsite, then continued.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

If they can secure the zoning approval and the go-aheads from the community advisory board and gaming commission, they will then have to pay at least a $500 million license fee to the state.

From New York Times May 2, 2022

After my recent column on different synonyms for flip-flops — zories, go-aheads, thongs, etc. — readers wrote in to share terms they learned growing up.

From Washington Post May 5, 2021

But church officials say their own plan is “shovel ready,” awaiting formal go-aheads from city and state financing agencies.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2010




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