Sanctioned
The crossword clue "Sanctioned" is answered by OKED, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OKED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OKED answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for OKED
Every other clue in this collection answered by OKED, most used first.
- Approved - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Signed off on - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Gave the green light - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Gave the go-ahead - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Approved of - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Gave the nod to - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Gave a thumbs-up - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Green-lighted - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Green-lit - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Let pass - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Rubber-stamped - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Approved, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Gave the green light to - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Gave the thumbs-up - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Said yes to - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Gave the go-ahead to - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Gave the nod - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Gave approval to - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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