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deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military
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Trump and his Cabinet have defended the donation as a permissible transfer between the Qatari Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense, and said that the jet will be handed over to the Trump Library Foundation at the end of his term.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
This meant banning tests even underground, the last permissible zone.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Use alternative, permissible indicators of financial responsibility when needed.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
But Zelman merely established that government funding of religious private schools is permissible, not that it is required.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 30 Apr. 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
This meant banning tests even underground, the last permissible zone.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Use alternative, permissible indicators of financial responsibility when needed.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
But Zelman merely established that government funding of religious private schools is permissible, not that it is required.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Permissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permissible. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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permissible
adjective
per·mis·si·ble
pər-ˈmis-ə-bəl 
: that may be permitted : allowable
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