okay
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“We encourage families to check in with their children and remind them that it is okay to seek support when needed,” the message said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
You write that he “makes people feel good about themselves by telling them it’s okay to be the worst version of themselves.”
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Something real, something uncompromising. Something that tells you it's just okay to come as you are."
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
How she stumbles away from mourning is sometimes weird, but one of her friends offers sage advice as she does so: “It’s okay to be messy. That’s life, you know.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
One last strum through C major, the sound of everything being okay, and I sing the opening line: “This song is your Valentine card. In it are all the words I could never say.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The deal was okayed by the Indian cabinet earlier this week, news agency PTI reported on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
Police Chief Jim McDonnell okayed the removal of the officers after learning of the specific allegations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
Village People lead singer Victor Willis initially okayed the use of his group's music, saying in 2020 that Trump has "remained respectful in his use of our songs and has not crossed the line."
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024
Judge Barbier said that’s not how he was led to believe the settlement he okayed would work.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Supervising this entire phase of the operation was a medical officer with a flair for accounting who okayed pulses and checked the figures of the tally clerk.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
A judge’s order okaying a $55,000 payout to a former staffer in the third case noted in court records that the settlement, which included attorney fees, should not be taken as an admission of wrongdoing.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
If anything the editor okaying it makes it even worse, because it's like, "Did you not read my whole book that would explain why this is missing the point?"
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2020
With NFL owners okaying his four-year, $200 million contract extension last week as Protector of the Shield, Goodell will cross the half-billion mark in earnings since becoming commissioner.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2017
Department of State, swamped with 1,000 passport applications a day, was okaying 80% of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
After okaying the galley proof, Editor Leach scribbled a headline: "The Revolt Against Crime."
From Time Magazine Archive
