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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
okay .
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Examples
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That Bush I had initially "okayed" the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq but had not, unfortunately, put any parameters on the scope of the invasion, it was supposed to be only the Northern oil fields which by the way could have been justified.
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Thousands of electronic voting machines 'okayed' by the Ciber labs were in use last Nov, despite what the Times reports as a failure by the company to follow quality-control procedures and an inability to 'document that it was conducting all the required tests.' '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: NYT Front Page Stunner: Feds shut down e-vote testing lab last summer... 2007
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Some terms are 'okayed' others aren't okayed, in addition to this there is the real world political correctness.
Nit-pickers of the world, unite Michael Allen 2005
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The poster concerned had been submitted to the foundation, which had "okayed" it.
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As much as the Democrats voted for a needless war or two, the Republicans okayed the Stimulus Bill, a fact which they should all be reminded of come election time.
Brian Ross: After the ' Contract with America ' Republicans Sell Snake Oil Again with the Pledge to America Brian Ross 2010
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As much as the Democrats voted for a needless war or two, the Republicans okayed the Stimulus Bill, a fact which they should all be reminded of come election time.
Brian Ross: After the ' Contract with America ' Republicans Sell Snake Oil Again with the Pledge to America Brian Ross 2010
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The plea was okayed by the Judge and Pros ..... but last minute, the Pros backed out.
Mick Strider 2010
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As much as the Democrats voted for a needless war or two, the Republicans okayed the Stimulus Bill, a fact which they should all be reminded of come election time.
Brian Ross: After the ' Contract with America ' Republicans Sell Snake Oil Again with the Pledge to America Brian Ross 2010
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The biggest being that someone, somewhere, in a position of authority, okayed this and thought it acceptable to allow gross corporate interests to market and advertise to a captured audience of children in their own classrooms.
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It was up to us to develop the lesson plan but it had to be okayed prior to the next meeting.
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