as in acceptable
that may be permitted
international travel without a passport isn't allowable
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Recent Examples of allowable
If that number holds — and Republicans have full participation — Johnson’s cushion would jump from one allowable defection to three.
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
Premier League clubs can report losses of £105m over a three-year cycle, though there are ‘add-backs’ that are allowable under the calculations.
—Alex Brodie, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Sports facilities in the past have been deemed an allowable use.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2025
First, there’s cost data, which includes charge costs and allowable costs.
—Robert Gelb, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
Premier League clubs can report losses of £105m over a three-year cycle, though there are ‘add-backs’ that are allowable under the calculations.
—Alex Brodie, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Sports facilities in the past have been deemed an allowable use.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2025
First, there’s cost data, which includes charge costs and allowable costs.
—Robert Gelb, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowable
Adjective
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Rather, Evans says, this viral moment is an opportunity to discuss what is acceptable and what isn't in a relationship.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Growth without margin — also known as unprofitable growth — is no longer acceptable.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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But dig deeper, and evolutionary psychologists argue that gossip developed and has continually evolved to police morality in communities by letting people know what is permissible, applauded, or tolerated.—
Melissa A. Wheeler,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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But to fit in the Wichita flight without interrupting the flow of other traffic, the controller made a request that was permissible but atypical, according to the N.T.S.B.—
Kate Kelly,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In a setback for Combs’ legal team, Judge Subramanian had said in April that the video, first broadcast by CNN last year, was admissible as evidence.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
13 May 2025
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To succeed, the petition must meet a high legal bar: the evidence must be new, credible, admissible, and could not be discovered at the time of the trial.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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In order to pay his legal costs, AJ prepares to sell off some of his assets, which include the Airbnb.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 June 2025
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Ethics are now a bore since unethical behavior can always be papered over with tricks such as deceptive statistics and abstruse legal arguments.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
1 June 2025
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“Allowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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