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OK, so what about if you are white?
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
“If you’re running a text past AI to check whether it sounds OK, you’re kind of slowly teaching yourself that your own read can’t be trusted,” Golden says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
There comes a point at which a woman realizes she’s a lot closer in age to Diane Keaton in “Something’s Gotta Give” than Amanda Peet, and she’s OK with that.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
“It’s just not going to get any better. Don’t throw away your ticket stubs. I’m gonna figure something out, OK? Just hold onto it, we’ll figure out how to reschedule.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
“I’m OK, Lily. Maybe a little bit sad.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Now, 2019 OK’s brief but alarming appearance is sure to nudge that discussion forward.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2019
With so much thought given to OK's slogans and packaging, what about the reddish-brown beverage itself?
From Time Magazine Archive
Otherwise, you cannot take those steps unless a person with power of attorney OKs it.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
The group OKs the mention, but details are still in discussion: “We’re going to try and put together a book of stories, and then proceeds will be donated to charities. We’re picking four different charities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2025
Specific controls agreed to by Walgreens and the landmarks board and staff headed to the city council, which routinely OKs such negotiated agreements.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
I heard a rumor they may add a number for Ms. Rigg to sing after the curtain call for while the Tony voters are there, if Alan Jay Lerner OKs it.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2018
Judge OKs Detroit’s plan to get out of bankruptcy, says this ‘must never happen again’
From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2014
The House version required both parents have a Social Security number, but the Senate OK'd a requirement of only one parent.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
JetBlue swooped in for Spirit with a $3.8 billion deal, which shareholders OK’d in October 2022.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024
Three other oncolytic viruses were OK’d outside the U.S., most recently a treatment for glioma brain tumors was approved in Japan in 2021.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 4, 2023
Since 2020, the state has OK’d rules that would ban the sale of new gas-powered cars, lawn equipment and trucks by the middle of the next decade.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
His chief OK'd a trip and within an hour Lieutenant Brown and Captain Davidson were flying to Tacoma in an Air Force B-25.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.
It also OKed the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, bringing more concentration in the sector.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mostly OKed this reopening, with the provision that everyone should mask up in schools and, if 12 or older, be vaccinated against COVID-19.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
Lygo describes himself as Emperor Nero, giving the final thumbs up or down, and Webb-Lamb is in a similar position: both hear pitches after they’ve already been OKed by commissioning editors further down the chain.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2021
The ordinance was initially approved June 12 and, if OKed after a second reading Tuesday night, would take effect in 30 days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2018
To enter the press suite you need to have been previously OKed by the press officer and to work for an approved media organisation.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2011
U.S. regulators have approved a new pneumonia vaccine from Merck, more than a month after OK’ing an improved version of rival Pfizer’s shot.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
The measure cleared the Ohio Senate by just three votes, and the House followed by OK’ing Senate changes 67-28.
From Salon ● May 25, 2016
It did so not by setting an aspirational goal for two or three decades from now, but by OKing a big construction project.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2016
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