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Recent Examples of all clear
The situation has been resolved and all clear has been given to reoccupy the building.
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Their screens reflected all clear, yet within two hours, power outages cascaded through the interconnected grid.
—Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Bettors, though, think the news is an all clear signal.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
The school received an all clear to resume its normal schedule.
—Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The good news right now is that the roads are all clear.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Law enforcement swept the law school and surrounded campus buildings before declaring the campus all clear with no evidence of firearms or injuries.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
With the morning’s drama apparently coming to an end with the 0830 all clear, the campus returned to its normal workaday routine.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Their screens reflected all clear, yet within two hours, power outages cascaded through the interconnected grid.
—Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Bettors, though, think the news is an all clear signal.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
The school received an all clear to resume its normal schedule.
—Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The good news right now is that the roads are all clear.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Law enforcement swept the law school and surrounded campus buildings before declaring the campus all clear with no evidence of firearms or injuries.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
With the morning’s drama apparently coming to an end with the 0830 all clear, the campus returned to its normal workaday routine.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all clear
Noun
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Now, because the success rate has fallen in some cases to 5 percent, near unanimity among reviewers is required, and only the projects that reviewers see as most certain of success will receive a green light.—
Mark Histed,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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After months of collaboration, the streamer gave the project a green light.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
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Comic books until then had been strictly boys’-own adventures, with titles like Eagle and Hotspur, that gave young boys permission to revel in the grim 20th century wars their fathers had fought in.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
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“All clear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%20clear. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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