as in acceptable
that may be permitted
international travel without a passport isn't allowable
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Recent Examples of allowable
The bill would add separation due to federal immigration enforcement as another allowable reason.
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Kff Health News, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
View gallery - 6 images After Polish architecture firm KWK Promes won a competition in 2016 to design a luxury single-family home in suburban Vilnius, Lithuania, a law slashed the allowable building footprint in half.
—New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
Once your application is submitted, the IRS reviews your income, assets and allowable expenses.
—Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Political hyperbole lowers the threshold of what the public can imagine as legitimate, as allowable.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
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Kff Health News, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
View gallery - 6 images After Polish architecture firm KWK Promes won a competition in 2016 to design a luxury single-family home in suburban Vilnius, Lithuania, a law slashed the allowable building footprint in half.
—New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
Once your application is submitted, the IRS reviews your income, assets and allowable expenses.
—Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Political hyperbole lowers the threshold of what the public can imagine as legitimate, as allowable.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowable
Adjective
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Each press delivers an acceptable amount of tactile feedback and is pretty quiet, too.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
18 Apr. 2026
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Downstream water districts warned Branden Ingersoll, a spokesman for the state health department’s Hazardous Materials Division, said the data show arsenic concentration in the water is acceptable for surface water but not for tap water.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Defenders of the emergency docket frequently claim that the court’s conduct is permissible because its orders are temporary.—
Wayne Unger,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2026
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Until 1979, all states had usury laws limiting permissible interest rates on transactions within their domain.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The concentration in the air of chemicals from the fire surpassed admissible levels, officials said, and authorities advised residents to stay indoors.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The judge must determine whether each expert's testimony is admissible before the jury can hear it.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Each year in the US, there are nearly 500 arrests for filicide — the legal term for when parents kill their children — according to an analysis of FBI data by Forensic Science International.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Department of Buildings does not have the legal authority to change the law unilaterally.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Allowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowable. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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