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Recent Examples of all clear
Their screens reflected all clear, yet within two hours, power outages cascaded through the interconnected grid.
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Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Bettors, though, think the news is an all clear signal.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
The school received an all clear to resume its normal schedule.
—Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The good news right now is that the roads are all clear.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Law enforcement swept the law school and surrounded campus buildings before declaring the campus all clear with no evidence of firearms or injuries.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
With the morning’s drama apparently coming to an end with the 0830 all clear, the campus returned to its normal workaday routine.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Bettors, though, think the news is an all clear signal.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
The school received an all clear to resume its normal schedule.
—Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
The good news right now is that the roads are all clear.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026
Law enforcement swept the law school and surrounded campus buildings before declaring the campus all clear with no evidence of firearms or injuries.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
With the morning’s drama apparently coming to an end with the 0830 all clear, the campus returned to its normal workaday routine.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all clear
Noun
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There are green lights, front and back, which really work to illuminate dust.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
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This green light has allowed the drugmaker to offer the medication for free to some patients who have previously been treated for pancreatic cancer that has since spread to other parts of the body.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The vessel had been stranded off its intended final destination, Cape Verde in West Africa, after authorities denied it permission to dock there.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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Would doctors have withheld a relatively minor procedure that would prevent imminent death of a young adult with (potentially) a full life ahead because the proxy refused to give permission?—
Adam W. Gaffney,
STAT,
18 May 2026
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“All clear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%20clear. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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