1
as in portions
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
as the war progressed, each family's allowance of sugar and flour was reduced
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Relevance
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as in permissions
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
without the official allowance of the school board, no organization can hold its meetings on school property
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Recent Examples of allowances
Indeed, an analysis by the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund and the modeling firm Greenline Insights found that the state Air Resources Board could remove as many as 180 million allowances from the market and still preserve household affordability benefits.
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Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The current proposal would remove 118 million emission allowances from the total pool of allowances governed by the state with each allowance equal to a permit to emit one metric ton of greenhouse gases in carbon dioxide equivalent.
—Chaewon Chung
march 9, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
And in the bathroom, spatial allowances for shower and toilet compartments are often insufficient.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Others make no such allowances.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
The agency uses something called the collection financial standards, which is a set of national and local expense allowances for things like housing, food, transportation and healthcare.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Those included state funding for housing, allowances, pensions and transport.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Companies then buy and sell emissions allowances at an auction.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
A number of states have higher allowances for personal needs than Michigan.
—Kristi Tanner, Freep.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The current proposal would remove 118 million emission allowances from the total pool of allowances governed by the state with each allowance equal to a permit to emit one metric ton of greenhouse gases in carbon dioxide equivalent.
—Chaewon Chung
march 9, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
And in the bathroom, spatial allowances for shower and toilet compartments are often insufficient.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Others make no such allowances.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
The agency uses something called the collection financial standards, which is a set of national and local expense allowances for things like housing, food, transportation and healthcare.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Those included state funding for housing, allowances, pensions and transport.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Companies then buy and sell emissions allowances at an auction.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
A number of states have higher allowances for personal needs than Michigan.
—Kristi Tanner, Freep.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowances
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The Utah man accused of killing Charlie Kirk was back in court Friday as a state judge denied some efforts by his attorneys to restrict public access to court documents while not ruling out the possibility of closing portions of an upcoming hearing.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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If there are green runners and leaves among the brown portions, lawns should recover and rather rapidly when consistent spring weather returns.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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Your phone, laptop and cloud accounts all connect to systems that depend on trust and access permissions.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Vice emerges from a series of small permissions and self-deceptions that break down the walls of limits and restraint.—
Katherine Moses,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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Michigan automakers are also suffering, with Ford shares down 15% and General Motors off 8% since the start of the conflict, as higher energy costs threaten both production expenses and consumer demand.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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That’s based on the number of outstanding shares as of March 4, the record date of the annual meeting, as shown in the proxy statement.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2026
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Foreign authorizations are often used as test transactions.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Policymakers should build on this progress by strengthening transparency and accountability, increasing oversight of step therapy and prior authorizations, and ensuring clinical decisions remain in the exam room.—
Alex Mejia Garcia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Blizzards buried parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota while torrential rains flooded homes and washed out roads in Hawaii.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Highs above 90 degrees Fahrenheit are expected to be widespread in Southern California, with parts of Arizona and Nevada reaching the triple digits.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, the Overland Park City Council will look at special events permits for the farmers market to take place this spring and summer — including issuing a special events permit for the market’s new location, 7950 Marty Street, starting in early June.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2026
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Even those might be fortuitously timed, as the Thunder and Spurs will likely have nothing to play for other than potential awards quotas.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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In November 2025, the government introduced streaming service quotas dictating major players should apportion a part of their local revenues to original Australian stories.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
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Failure to provide additional information or consents will be grounds for disqualification, unless prohibited under applicable law.—
Time,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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Before allowing the use of advertising pixels, cookies or other tracking tools, businesses should investigate what those technologies collect, how that data will be used and what disclosures or consents are required.—
Jodi Daniels,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Allowances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowances. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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