all clear

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of all clear The school received an all clear to resume its normal schedule. Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026 Digital hearing aids provide just enough amplification that soft, loud and normal sounds are all clear and comfortable and background noise is suppressed. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2026 Searches throughout the rest of the building came back all clear, Nolan said. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025 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 So this is all clear evidence that President Trump is absolutely adamant to bring this war to an end but also to keep maximum pressure on Putin. Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 10 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
  • Some businesses get folks to shine green lights at them to move them.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Witnesses said a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by a 39-year-old man entered the intersection while a Honda Civic — driven by a 33-year-old San Diego man — was making a left turn on a green light onto Scripps Poway Parkway, Lopez said.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • According to a report from Axios, Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter Friday to ByteDance, accusing the company of distributing and reproducing its intellectual property through the new AI tool without permission.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The legal action also seeks permission to appoint outside counsel selected by the Auditor’s Office to Special Assistant Attorney General (SAAG) to represent them – something Attorney General Andrea Campbell says DiZoglio does not have the authority to do.
    Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026

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“All clear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%20clear. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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