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as in to allow
to give permission to
my parents would not let me drive until I had a job and could pay for my own gas
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as in to enable
to make able or possible
the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps
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as in to tolerate
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference
they let their kids get away with murder
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as in obstacle
something that makes movement or progress difficult
artists are allowed to sell their goods in the public square without let or hindrance
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Recent Examples of let
Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Field believes one of the key intersections between AI and design is that AI tools will help broaden access, letting more people become designers.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2025
Shu lets those home scenes play out in their painful entirety, seemingly uncut in spots.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Fandango will parnter with TikTok on a new venture that will let users purchase movie tickets directly in-app.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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The world of work is rapidly changing but pouring all resources into AI and letting humans go isn’t the answer.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Field believes one of the key intersections between AI and design is that AI tools will help broaden access, letting more people become designers.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2025
Shu lets those home scenes play out in their painful entirety, seemingly uncut in spots.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Fandango will parnter with TikTok on a new venture that will let users purchase movie tickets directly in-app.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for let
Verb
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Somehow, the Hollywood star was still welcomed into the cockpit by the starstruck flight crew and allowed to briefly take control of the airliner.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The latest commitment will allow Startup Junkie to continue the program for three years and expand the team's capacity to serve clients and prospective borrowers with more resources, hands-on support and events.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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Infrastructure must adapt to the pace of markets, users and workloads—subscribing to capabilities, renting intelligence and viewing the internet as an orchestration layer rather than a possession.—
Vincentas Grinius,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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More daring vacationers can rent kayaks or hop on a whale-watching excursion, Sunset said.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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This approach has enabled Apex to scale quickly while maintaining the stability and resources associated with a corporate partnership.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Families in more than a dozen states now enjoy universal-eligibility school choice, enabling them to access a portion of education funding to use toward their preferred educational setting.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Technological development, subjected to the logic of progress, presented itself as a force of chaos that would not tolerate any stable order.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Despite the tree’s association with ponds, bald cypress tolerates a range of growing conditions, from somewhat dry soils to standing water.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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This means that fuel cells can, theoretically, operate without the infrastructure problems of electric or hydrogen vehicles, but the real obstacle is achieving sheer power in a light, compact engine that is compliant with existing regulations.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Sep. 2025
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This enables the robot to figure out its precise navigation and obstacle avoidance coordinates, with an accuracy down to 2 centimeters.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Halloween-style may not to be worn upon entry and in concourses but will be permitted when guests are in seats.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Notably, military officials overseeing the Washington deployment declared early on that while Title 32 permits troops to make arrests, they are not authorized to do so in this case.—
Alex Horton,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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An avid outdoorsman, Alexander was hosting fishing camps in the area when a park superintendent offered to lease him an existing homestead inside the park.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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In 2023, Kmart leased out the majority of its space in Kendale Lakes to At Home, keeping a small corner for what was once one of the largest retail chains in the nation.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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That many in the media have ignored the unit’s rise is an indictment.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Amid all its glorious and aesthetic architecture lies the massive environmental impact that cannot be ignored.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Let.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/let. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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