TKO

noun

ˌtē-ˌkā-ˈō

: technical knockout

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The fight ended in a TKO loss to 9-1 Shannon Clark when the referee stepped in and stopped the fight. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Fresh off of his memoir Roll The Calls hitting The New York Times best seller list, WME executive chairman and TKO CEO Ari Emanuel is returning to his podcast. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026 When Sora existed for that brief minute, TKO sent OpenAI a letter telling it to stop using UFC and WWE footage. — Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 In 2023, when Endeavor merged the UFC and WWE to form sports mega-corp TKO Group Holdings, White was elevated from President to CEO of UFC, with Emanuel taking the reins as CEO of TKO. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for TKO

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Etymology

technical knockout

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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