as in acceptable
that may be permitted
international travel without a passport isn't allowable
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Recent Examples of allowable
Since 2010, in four of the five cases in which the agency settled with psychiatric hospitals for EMTALA violations, the amounts were well below the maximum allowable.
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Eli Cahan, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2025
The letter from city planning staff confirmed that a Target would be an allowable use.
—Rose Evans
september 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 Sep. 2025
The state law, passed in 2006 and updated in 2011, links the allowable levy increase to increases in property values due to new construction.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Breweries should check with their municipal or private water suppliers to see if the water meets EPA allowable limits for the compounds, or, if using well water, test their wells for the compounds, Skypeck said.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Eli Cahan, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2025
The letter from city planning staff confirmed that a Target would be an allowable use.
—Rose Evans
september 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 Sep. 2025
The state law, passed in 2006 and updated in 2011, links the allowable levy increase to increases in property values due to new construction.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Breweries should check with their municipal or private water suppliers to see if the water meets EPA allowable limits for the compounds, or, if using well water, test their wells for the compounds, Skypeck said.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowable
Adjective
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Teams usually give veterans a chance to get into the lineup, but the roster crunch is here now, and risking waivers on Lazar is probably an acceptable risk.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Moderate — air quality is acceptable.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The framework for permissible banking hinges on a 2014 guidance document from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which outlines eight federal enforcement priorities that banks must help uphold.—
Peter Su,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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In that case, the ethics commission wrote that a caucus partnering with or forming its own nonprofit — as the Opportunity Caucus and other subsets of lawmakers have done — was permissible under state ethics laws.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As trial judge, Bell would decide what evidence is admissible, how witnesses testify and issue other key rulings.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The breathalyzer device used in Pennington's case was lost by Gilbert police, though a city court had deemed its results admissible.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The document stated that NFL personnel may participate in legal non-sports gambling on personal time (when not traveling on club or league business), including during the season.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Through the third quarter of this year, legal sports betting generated $10 billion in revenue, up about 19% from the same period a year ago, according to the American Gaming Association.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Allowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowable. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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