1
as in to permit
to give permission for or to approve of
flash photography is not allowed inside the church
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as in to let
to give permission to
a boarding school that does not allow students to go on weekend trips without written permission
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as in to tolerate
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference
only a lazy gardener would allow the weeds to grow that high
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as in to admit
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly
I'll allow I probably said more than I should have
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as in to allot
to give as a share or portion
allowed each camper one match to light his fire
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as in to enable
to make able or possible
a patient's canceled appointment allowed the doctor to squeeze in a few extra phone calls
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as in to reflect
to make a statement of one's opinion
he allowed that their new house looked very nice
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as in to think
chiefly Southern & Midland
to have as an opinion
people in these parts allow that everyone is entitled to one mistake in life, even if it's a doozy
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as in to intend
chiefly Southern & Midland
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
I allow to go hunting before the season is over
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Recent Examples of allow
Business ‘People should be worried’: 23andMe bankruptcy could expose customers’ genetic data
March 29, 2025
Regeneron pledged to comply with 23andMe’s privacy policy, which allows customers to have their personal information deleted upon request.
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Steven Church, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Such awareness also allows organizations to monitor their data for breaches and compliance in real time.
—Jesse Todd, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Perryman was also the former general counsel for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and was involved in litigation requiring the FDA to allow mifepristone to be sent to patients in the mail.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 19 May 2025
The decision allowed the Space Force to move forward with a commercial procurement strategy that Purdy said will cut the cost of the system in half and reduce its development timeline by a third.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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Steven Church, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Such awareness also allows organizations to monitor their data for breaches and compliance in real time.
—Jesse Todd, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Perryman was also the former general counsel for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and was involved in litigation requiring the FDA to allow mifepristone to be sent to patients in the mail.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 19 May 2025
The decision allowed the Space Force to move forward with a commercial procurement strategy that Purdy said will cut the cost of the system in half and reduce its development timeline by a third.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 May 2025
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Our schools do not permit students in preschool through 8th grade to have cell phones on campus and high school students must keep cell phones off during instruction time, with fewexceptions.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
25 May 2025
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Victoria didn’t let the losses in the final months of 2024 get to her.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Large windows throughout let in plenty of sunlight.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Hospitals and physician organizations need to stop tolerating second-class treatment.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Most people can tolerate losing as many as two liters of that blood.—
Rich Cohen,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2025
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Antoinette Prieto, 29, admitted May 19 to arson and stalking.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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The complaint said Kirkwood admitted buying Markwood alcohol.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
21 May 2025
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The parcel was allotted to her in 1891 through the Dawes Act, which allowed the federal government to break up tribal land.—
Nick Oxford,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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In the district where the Cozy Inn is located, businesses are allotted three square feet of signage per linear foot of street frontage, the Salina Post reported.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2025
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The Golden Power legislation enables the Italian government to intercede or set conditions on foreign and domestic corporate takeovers in key sectors, including banking.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
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That's thanks to a €800-million (US$905-million) shot in the arm from the Indian two-wheeler giant that will enable KTM to bring its production facilities roaring back to life.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
23 May 2025
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American flags will be lowered across the country to fly at half-staff to reflect the solemnity of Memorial Day on Monday morning.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Abercrombie recorded a remarkable full-year 2024 net sales of $4.95 billion, reflecting a 16% year-over-year increase, and its highest operating margin in over a decade at 15%.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Here’s a look at the cast, then and now Maggie (Missy Peregrym) and Isobel, who was initially thought dead in the explosion that killed Reynolds, both overhear Keene plotting with another Forefront mole, Special Agent Wabash.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
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The vessel is thought to contain watertight safes in which Lynch kept highly encrypted hard drives.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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“Allow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allow. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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