all clear

noun

: a signal that a danger has passed

Examples of all clear in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web An all clear was given after construction workers at the BlueOval SK plant in Glendale were evacuated Thursday morning after officials concluded a suspicious device found on the property was not an explosive. Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 29 Feb. 2024 After an hourslong lockdown, police declared the situation all clear. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023 Police at the University of North Carolina have declared the situation all clear after an armed and dangerous suspect was arrested close to campus. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023 Results from a sample collected on Sunday came back all clear, officials said. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2023 The roughly one dozen lawmakers interviewed for this story were all clear that Republicans’ main priority should be passing bills that address their constituents’ economic concerns. Marianna Sotomayor and Leigh Ann Caldwell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023 Fatigue, irritability, rapid pulse, sunken eyes and high thirst are all clear signs of dehydration, according to the CDC. Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 15 June 2023 At one point the Oakland hills were covered in giant redwoods, and those redwoods were all clear cut in service of the great demand for housing after the Gold Rush began. Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2023 Breast reconstruction came kind of at the very, very, very, very end of the whole year, and getting the results that everything was all clear. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of all clear was in 1853

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“All clear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20clear. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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