permission
noun
per·mis·sion
pər-ˈmi-shən 
1
: the act of permitting
2
: formal consent : authorization
Synonyms
Examples of permission in a Sentence
They got permission from the city to build an apartment complex.
The teacher gave me her permission to go home early.
Recent Examples on the Web
Excerpted with permission from Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI, by Ethan Mollick, in agreement with Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
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Ethan Mollick, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
Used with permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company.
—Austin Bush, Saveur, 18 Apr. 2024
Jared Bosley, a farmer in South Dakota, told of his fight with the state over a pipeline company surveying his land without his permission.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
But Beard says real gun safety education needs to go further and show kids — with their parents' permission — how to fire a weapon.
—Martin Kaste, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
The charts may not be reproduced without permission from the American Booksellers Association, the trade association for independent bookstores in the United States, and indiebound.org.
—Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
This means no one can copy the book without permission, but the actual sentences and paragraphs themselves are not copyrighted and could theoretically be rearranged and republished as a different book.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
Producers, studios/networks, agents, managers or publicists can submit an actor’s performance, with the actor’s permission, for consideration, but actors can also submit their own performance, as long as the performance aired or premiered between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of this year.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
This essay was originally published on the California Health Care Foundation blog on April 10, 2024, and is reprinted here with permission.
—Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 16 Apr. 2024
Ethan Mollick, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
Used with permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company.
—Austin Bush, Saveur, 18 Apr. 2024
Jared Bosley, a farmer in South Dakota, told of his fight with the state over a pipeline company surveying his land without his permission.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
But Beard says real gun safety education needs to go further and show kids — with their parents' permission — how to fire a weapon.
—Martin Kaste, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
The charts may not be reproduced without permission from the American Booksellers Association, the trade association for independent bookstores in the United States, and indiebound.org.
—Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
This means no one can copy the book without permission, but the actual sentences and paragraphs themselves are not copyrighted and could theoretically be rearranged and republished as a different book.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
Producers, studios/networks, agents, managers or publicists can submit an actor’s performance, with the actor’s permission, for consideration, but actors can also submit their own performance, as long as the performance aired or premiered between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of this year.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
This essay was originally published on the California Health Care Foundation blog on April 10, 2024, and is reprinted here with permission.
—Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 16 Apr. 2024
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permission
noun
per·mis·sion
pər-ˈmish-ən
1
: the act of permitting
2
: the consent of a person in authority
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