as in allowing
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1
as in permitting
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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2
as in renting
chiefly British
to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment
the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money
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3
as in enabling
to make able or possible
the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps
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4
as in tolerating
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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Recent Examples of letting
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Johnson recommends installing an owl box or letting a section of your yard grow naturally as a meadow to attract these helpful predators.
—Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 7 Mar. 2026
It's often said that letting the strawberries focus on growing their runners during the first year will lead to a stronger, larger harvest in the second year.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Mike LeDuc has a long history of letting his players fire away from three-point range.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
When the shop becomes a refuge for a small community of outsiders, Mila is pushed to confront loss, change and her own fear of letting go.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Vance once entertained grand ideas of putting workers on corporate boards, as in Germany, and letting unions negotiate across an entire industry at once, as in Scandinavia, rather than company by company.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Do your best to avoid letting your mouth get ahead of your mind.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
And with the release of Live at the Palace, there’s a clear part of Fleming that hopes to show other comedians a way to live with the reactions of online hordes, without letting the fear of them change their work.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
Social media is one of the key drivers and reinforcers of anti-Semitic extremism; tweets like Abd el-Fattah’s are not just harmless letting-off of steam.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
That twist makes Frank both sympathetic and conniving, and Bale does a good job letting both aspects of his complex performance come through.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Johnson recommends installing an owl box or letting a section of your yard grow naturally as a meadow to attract these helpful predators.
—Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 7 Mar. 2026
It's often said that letting the strawberries focus on growing their runners during the first year will lead to a stronger, larger harvest in the second year.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
Mike LeDuc has a long history of letting his players fire away from three-point range.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
When the shop becomes a refuge for a small community of outsiders, Mila is pushed to confront loss, change and her own fear of letting go.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Vance once entertained grand ideas of putting workers on corporate boards, as in Germany, and letting unions negotiate across an entire industry at once, as in Scandinavia, rather than company by company.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Do your best to avoid letting your mouth get ahead of your mind.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
And with the release of Live at the Palace, there’s a clear part of Fleming that hopes to show other comedians a way to live with the reactions of online hordes, without letting the fear of them change their work.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for letting
Verb
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As more observations are collected, those uncertainties shrink, allowing scientists to better understand the object’s true path through space.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Iran has a large Azeri population and Tehran has accused Baku of allowing Israeli intelligence to operate from there.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Ellison also is considering plans to develop other parts of the 65-acre site for possible retail use, as well as renting space for commercial offices.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The maximum yearly income for one person renting a unit at Cherry Creek would be $84,000, while a four-person household’s yearly income limit would be $119,940.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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By enabling machines to create and verify their own records at the point of operation, the technology offers a new method for ensuring the reliability and accountability of autonomous systems.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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Historically, the mismatch was addressed through education, which improved with each generation, enabling workers to work with new innovation.—
Allison Schrager,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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How can someone build a meaningful life while tolerating discomfort within personal and systemic realities?—
Gwilym Roddick,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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For now, managing adenomyosis means tolerating uncertainty and making informed decisions one step at a time—much like navigating IVF.—
L'Oreal Thompson Payton,
SELF,
6 Mar. 2026
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The product of this history is that the climate for guides is much more favorable in Europe, particularly in terms of permitting and liability, as well as terrain.—
Sergei Poljak,
Outside,
7 Mar. 2026
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Slashing permitting times and inspections is now easier than ever because of new technologies and reforms.—
Matt Mahan,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The outlet is leasing 25,027 square feet of space where the Bealls department store used to be.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Mar. 2026
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The six vacant buildings, which the county is leasing to establish the Los Angeles County Care Community, have been vacant since the early 2000s.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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The bar claims the firm refused to remove the attorney’s name from its website for years, ignoring a cease and desist letter from McBratney’s new employer.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Andersen advises ignoring any one particular economic indicator in favor of looking at longer term trends.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Australia's government is being urged to provide asylum to the team, with some drawing comparisons to the country's previous granting of humanitarian visas to Afghanistan's women's cricket team.—
Swati Pandey,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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In 2021, after more than a dozen unsuccessful appeals and with the help of the Northern California Innocence Project, Sacramento Superior Court found Puckett factually innocent of all charges following the granting of a writ of habeas corpus by the California Supreme Court.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Letting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letting. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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