How to Use permit in a Sentence
- The judge permitted the release of the prisoner.
- The new ramp permits easier access to the highway.
- Smoking is not permitted in the building.
- When we arrived at customs we realized we had more than the permitted number of items.
- He permitted himself one more cookie.
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No doubt youth permits such bliss.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Take your pets with you if time permits.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2026
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Take your pets with you if time permits.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
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Take your pets with you if time permits.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
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Take your pets with you if time permits.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
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Take your pets with you if time permits.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
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Take your pets with you if time permits.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
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Note that dogs are not permitted on the trails.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
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If a board decides to do away with such a body, the law permits it.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Was she was not permitted to ask about any of these subjects?
—Will Tizard, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
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Users are then permitted to chat with other users in their age groups.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
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Kate is also not permitted to own a firearm.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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The right-hander had permitted four runs in his first two starts.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Teams are permitted to sign three players to two-way deals at the same time.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
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The party will still take place at the pool as the weather permits, though.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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The event will take place whether permitting and while supplies lasts.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
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Yet he was still permitted onto the floor.
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
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Dogs are permitted on the subway but only in a bag.
—Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
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Leiter permitted three hits and walked two.
—CBS News, 31 May 2026
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Rangel permitted four runs in four innings.
—CBS News, 27 June 2026
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If the weather permits, try to snag a table in the back courtyard.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
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Spring Grove does not permit pets of any kind on the property at any time.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025
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This permits pilots to fly and land when hydraulic power is lost.
—Tom Liddy, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
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No cell phones or pens were permitted — this was the only way forward.
—Jay Glennie, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
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But permitting issues have held up the plans for almost a year.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026
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Get permits and do things the right way.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
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Get permits and do things the right way.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Those who run the sites will need to get a permit from the city, which is free.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
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This year, the answer is both, or as close to both as time permits.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
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That makes the permit at least two-and-a-half years overdue.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
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One of its permits was expired and there were drain flies in the kitchen area.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Nov. 2025
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Both hold valid permits to carry.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Some pull the proper city permits.
—Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
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Soler asked if Goetz had a permit for the gun.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
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The store’s health permit had expired.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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One way of doing this is to not give them building permits.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
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One of the biggest clues comes from city permits for street closures.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
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You may be required to obtain a permit first.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
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The firms thought the approval for that would count as a building permit.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
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The new building permit costs vary by building type and square footage.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
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State agencies can play a key part in the fate of projects and housing permits.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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The plan leans on what are called general permits.
—Alex Burton, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
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That's why permits are required for digging in city parks.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
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The two oil and gas permits are finalized.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
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The apartments could bring in rental income, once the permits clear.
—Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Does the company pull permits at city hall?
—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
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To have fowl at home, residents need permits.
—Eva Flowe june 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2026
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Student films are exempt from the permit fee.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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The map says that area is closed to the public and that a permit is required to get through.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026
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That year, two farms statewide had permits to sell raw milk, state health department records show.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Charging a new fee for those permits could raise more than $1 million.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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But the permits are required only over the eight days of peak viewing.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
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No one can export or own one without a special permit.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
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People with a valid permit to carry a firearm can still do so in the building.
—Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
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But the lack of building permits in the village mean there is nowhere to shelter.
—Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
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