How to Use all clear in a Sentence

all clear

noun
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  • She was checked out by paramedics and got the all clear.
    — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The main roads were all clear, but side roads were still a mess this morning.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The ship later got the all clear and returned to San Diego in July.
    — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2020
  • There is talk of the small private schools trying to play before the state gives the all clear.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2020
  • From the driver’s seat, my path from dock to dumpster looks all clear.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2018
  • That has been all clear, and it’s become a broken record as the season comes to a close.
    — Dallas News, 25 Nov. 2022
  • East High School was given the all clear around 4:28 p.m on Monday.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Once the all clear is given you will allowed back into the mall.
    — George Kelly, The Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Pleas continue to avoid the Lee@Monument area until the all clear is given.
    — NBC News, 20 June 2020
  • The search is now complete, no suspicious objects were found and the scene is all clear.
    — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Bolan ushers Clay into his office and then Bolan gives the all clear.
    — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 8 June 2020
  • We were given the all clear but many passengers didn’t re-board.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2019
  • Late Tuesday night, police said the all clear had been given.
    — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
  • That doesn’t mean the Vikings are all clear to come to Houston and play the Texans on Sunday afternoon.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Police found nothing hazardous in the school and the all clear was given after about two-and-a-half hours.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The school was placed on lockdown but was given the all clear at 4:28 p.m., according to the Des Moines Public Schools.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Now that that's all cleared up, all that's left to do is start taking bets on what the royal baby-to-be's first name will be.
    — Andrea Park, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2018
  • At World View headquarters, just across from the launch pad, mission control gives the all clear.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Students were asked to wear their IDs around campus even after the all clear was given.
    — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • That’s all clearer here in South Africa, the second-most unequal country on earth.
    — Eve Fairbanks, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Martin said the bikeshare is awaiting an all clear from the city to reopen the downtown stations.
    — Matt McFarland, CNN, 3 June 2020
  • Vaccination, the Hameeds said, is now in their future just as soon as doctors give the all clear.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Residents fled to high ground and huddled in school shelters waiting for the all clear.
    — Author: Jenny Staletovich, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The school was on lockdown for about three hours before police gave the all clear, WABC reported.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 24 May 2022
  • The base was put on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter but was later given the all clear.
    — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The principal sent a second email after police gave the all clear.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Some of the tumors were all clear and others came back with some cancerous tissues.
    — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Ben Griffin lead all Clear Creek receivers with three catches for 76 yards.
    — Hero Sports, The Denver Post, 17 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • They were dismissed around 3:30 p.m. after law enforcement gave an all clear.
    — Heather Hollingsworth and Scott McFetridge, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2022

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