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OK'd

verb

variants or okayed
past tense of OK
1
as in ratified
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory a judge will have to OK the search warrant

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2
as in accepted
to have a favorable opinion of I'm glad that my friends OK'd my choice of girlfriend

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  1. ratified
  2. accepted
  3. approved
Verb
  • The agreement, which spans from August 1 through July 31, 2030, still needs to be ratified.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Associate membership doesn't currently exist as a formal category under EU treaties, and any such arrangement would need to be created and ratified by member states.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of ratified
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  • Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach accepted more than $10,000 in campaign contributions from a conservative news CEO and a Kansas car dealer that exceeded limits for individual donors set by state law, a new ethics complaint alleges.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Election officials determined my eligibility, prepared and sent the correct ballot and accepted it under applicable law.
    — Lee Moak, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of accepted
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  • The Senate on its 10th try also approved a war powers resolution to end the conflict, but GOP senators quickly reversed course the next day after Trump berated them during a closed-door lunch.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • If the school's proposal is approved and passes through the city's protocols, school officials said the athletic field and neighborhood lights could go in by summer 2027 and new building renovations would begin by 2028.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of approved
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“OK'd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/OK%27d. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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