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as in OK
being to one's liking
an alright movie, but I wouldn't pay to see it again
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as in safe
not exposed to the threat of loss or injury
we got the plane's nose back up, and after that we were alright
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as in fine
in a satisfactory way
the audition for the orchestra position seemed to go alright, but one never knows
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as in yes
used to express agreement
alright, you can buy me lunch, but next time it's my treat
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as in definitely
without any question
she passed the test alright—she had the highest score in the class
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Recent Examples of alright
Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
First, Netflix received rave reviews and an impressive haul of Emmys for Adolescence, an eerie and unsettling four-part limited series that posited that kids today, young men in particular, are not alright.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Things were looking alright for the Giants, who saw a huge momentum boost at the end of the first half with Minnesota looking set to go to the break with a 13-3 lead.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Link play is alright, but David Moyes will want more soon.
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Did alright in the Championship (on loan to Burnley) last season but physicality is an issue.
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And if someone wasn't thrilled with that, that's okay too.—
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He was taken to the hospital with serious wounds to his face and body, but was released and is expected to be okay.—
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Having no cool aunt of my own and no elder sisters, just teenage babysitters and camp counselors (each with their own unique but tenuous grasp on anatomy and reproductive science), the book felt warm, inviting, and—perhaps most important to my terrified, bleeding, self—safe.—
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The two men exchange grateful texts later that evening, home safe and stumped about where to go next.—
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The defensive tackle appeared to be walking fine on the field at AT&T Stadium during the team’s postgame celebration following the quarterfinal win.—
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The Spanish chef’s fine-dining concept is an homage to the glories of the world’s oceans, with a strong emphasis on the bounty of the local waters that includes lionfish, Mahi Mahi, and an entire menu section devoted entirely to various renditions of conch.—
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Instead of testing a model on an endless series of questions to evaluate its ability to speak Russian, for example, one benchmark reviewed in the study measures a model’s performance on nine different tasks, like answering yes-or-no questions using information drawn from Russian-language Wikipedia.—
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The answer in 2025, at last, has been yes, but the way in which the Rams have deployed additional tight ends has still been a surprise.—
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Tankaneo Double-Breasted Cropped Trench My number-one petite fashion hack is to buy cropped styles that’ll be full-length on my shorter frame, and this trench definitely delivers.—
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That's definitely a skeleton crew, as the current nominal crew size for the ISS is seven.—
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Its jet-drive propulsion system, when deployed, creates thrust by accelerating well fluids via an impeller unit, which moves the probe through the wellbore.—
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Across the country—and especially in the South—plans are well in the works for Thanksgiving meals that will both satisfy and delight guests.—
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Kids should be learning skills that lead to good-paying jobs, not just memorizing answers for a test.—
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The losers in this round are Toby and our not-so-perfect Tom, who struggles the entire episode, which is strange for a man who is that good-looking.—
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Jessie Buckley is almost certainly going to win an Oscar come March.—
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Skinny Pedro must certainly have fallen victim to some kind of sorcery.—
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“Alright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alright. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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