Examples of permissible in a Sentence
deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military
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In 2014, in Environmental Protection Agency v. EME Homer City Generation, the Supreme Court ruled that an E.P.A. regulation intended to curb cross-state pollution was permissible.
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Adam Liptak, New York Times, 2 July 2024
At a Detroit City Planning Commission meeting Thursday night, two Friedman Real Estate executives made a pitch for an expansion to the permissible zoning uses for Tower 600.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2024
Every party in this situation is doing what is legally permissible, and software from both sides will continue to be available to the wider public.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
Per the Supreme Court’s 1984 ruling in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, courts were obligated to defer to agency interpretation when a statute was ambiguous and when the accompanying agency interpretation was reasonable or permissible.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 June 2024
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Adam Liptak, New York Times, 2 July 2024
At a Detroit City Planning Commission meeting Thursday night, two Friedman Real Estate executives made a pitch for an expansion to the permissible zoning uses for Tower 600.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2024
Every party in this situation is doing what is legally permissible, and software from both sides will continue to be available to the wider public.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
Per the Supreme Court’s 1984 ruling in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, courts were obligated to defer to agency interpretation when a statute was ambiguous and when the accompanying agency interpretation was reasonable or permissible.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 June 2024
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“Permissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permissible. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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permissible
adjective
per·mis·si·ble
pər-ˈmis-ə-bəl 
: that may be permitted : allowable
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