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 agreements need to be ratified by union members and approved by the CSU Board of Trustees.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The three countries that have ratified the convention as of October 2026 — Vietnam, Qatar and Azerbaijan — did not stipulate any reservations.
    — Mary Lind, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of ratified
Verb
  • Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate, has embraced the strategy, claiming, without offering any evidence, that El-Sayed has accepted campaign contributions from supporters of Hezbollah and Hamas.
    — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Martinez Gonzalez helped arrange travel after customers arrived and accepted payments while working with his girlfriend and co-defendant, Marianny Lucia Lopez-Torres.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of accepted
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  • Any plea deal must be approved by a judge before it is finalized.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • If the mass commutation is approved by the California Supreme Court, the immediate effect could be relatively muted.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of approved
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