as in permitted
to give permission for or to approve of
as soon as the project is green-lighted, we'll schedule a planning meeting
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Verb
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Crawling and scraping of our site is not permitted.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Daniels continued to appear at council meetings, but was not permitted to participate.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Born three months premature, the quads spent about 10 weeks in the hospital in Boston before three of them were allowed to go home.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Murders on public transit like that of Iryna Zarutska should never be allowed to happen again.—
Adeola Adeosun
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Savage is a former child star who had his breakout role in the 1987 film The Princess Bride.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Brazzell had another touchdown later in the game on a hook-and-lateral in the fourth.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Green-lighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green-lighted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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