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banned, barred, forbidden, impermissible, inadmissible, interdicted, prohibited, proscribed, verboten
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Some conservative Catholics are likely to object that capital punishment remains at least theoretically permissible under traditional teaching. — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, "Pope Prohibits Death Penalty and Calls for Its Abolition," 2 Aug. 2018 While the appeals court upheld the limits as constitutionally permissible under the Second Amendment, Judge Kavanaugh dissented. — Charlie Savage, New York Times, "Brett Kavanaugh on the Issues: Abortion, Guns, Climate and More," 10 July 2018 While schools that censor student newspapers or ban certain clubs do violate free speech, these violations are permissible under the overarching principle of religious freedom. — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, "The Invisible Free Speech Crisis," 10 Apr. 2018 In 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said giving incentives of up to 30% off the cost of a worker’s health-insurance coverage was permissible. — Te-ping Chen, WSJ, "Your Company Wants to Know if You’ve Lost Weight," 11 Feb. 2019 The Court effectively determined that South Dakota’s tax framework (i.e., 200 or more transactions per year or $100,000 in sales per year) was constitutionally permissible. — Tom Cooney And Crystal Faulkner, Cincinnati.com, "Online purchases may become more expensive," 28 June 2018 Simultaneous disclosure is permissible under the rules, and everybody would benefit if both reports are issued at the same time. — Alan M. Dershowitz, WSJ, "Don’t Let Mueller’s Report Go Unanswered," 2 Dec. 2018 With spatial frequency reuse, coloring allows a device to decide whether simultaneous transmission is permissible. — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, "Downloading the newest Wi-Fi protocols: 802.11ax and 802.11ay explained," 27 Nov. 2018 The final decision on whether Mr. Whitaker’s appointment is permissible will likely rest with the Supreme Court and its view of the president’s appointment powers. — Sadie Gurman, WSJ, "Matthew Whitaker Can Legally Serve as Acting Attorney General, Justice Department Says," 14 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'permissible.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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