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or okaying
1
as in approving
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
a judge will have to OK the search warrant
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2
as in accepting
to have a favorable opinion of
I'm glad that my friends OK'd my choice of girlfriend
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Verb
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Congress, Enten said, is hitting a record high disapproval of 86%, with just 10% of Americans approving of the job Congress is doing.—
Mark Joyella,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026 -
Separately, the agency issues a record of decision approving the test flights.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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After consulting with its attorneys, the board conceded, accepting a settlement offer that would allow the data center to proceed with only minimal concessions from the firm.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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This time, lawmakers were scrambling over a stadium plan to keep the Chicago Bears from accepting an offer to move to Hammond, Indiana.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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The museum’s security staff organized separately, in 2022, ratifying their inaugural contract in 2024 following a twelve-day strike.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 May 2026
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If the unions agreed to that, Horwitz said, any delay in negotiating or ratifying a new contract after the 2026 contract runs out would see the LIRR workers effectively making less after the end of the year.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2026
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Bullish thesis iPhone upgrade cycle is reaccelerating Apple's iPhone 17 lineup helped drive a March-quarter iPhone revenue record, confirming that hardware demand remains far healthier than bears expected.—
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CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Santos' video confirming his presence sent odds soaring.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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“OK'ing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/OK%27ing. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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