How do I stop Mac OS Big Sur from verifying every time I open a microsoft office app?

Right-click on each Microsoft Office application and choose Open. This will produce a brief verification progress panel, and then you may receive another dialog informing you that the application is from a third-party developer. If this panel has an OK button, click that and the application should launch. This should be a one-time ritual to authorize each MS application with Apple's Gatekeeper, and afterward, each will launch normally.

Unfortunately that didn't work.

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Multiple mainstream, verified Apps (Adobe etc.) causing long verifications and not allowing it to open those apps upon conclusion.

Tried via terminal but didn't stick.

Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Security and Privacy, make sure the Security dialog marks the application as OK.