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
The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
23 Apr. 2026
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.
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
The Property Brothers star, 48, got candid about previously letting his work bleed too much into his home life, to the point where his 4-year-old son, Parker, started noticing.
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Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
York said Republicans are letting the movement run its course.
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Britta Miller,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
On Harmony, their sophomore album, the duo gleefully throws dubstep, nu-metal, and trap in a blender with the lid off, letting their influences splatter the walls and drawing out their initials.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
Many people leave the window gap around the exhaust tube uncovered, letting hot air right back in.
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Beth Gardiner,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Following her death last year at the age of 91, the actress described the painful process of letting go.
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Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
The Dream held the Fever to just 15 points in the third quarter and built their lead to 20 before letting the reserves close things out.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
After letting go of the fight for work-life balance, her success only continued to grow; in 2021 she was tapped to be the CEO of a Fortune 100 company, retirement planning giant TIAA.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
Noun
Good health relied on keeping them in balance, by blood-letting for example.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
23 Apr. 2026
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
Create together, letting goodwill guide the next draft forward.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
The Property Brothers star, 48, got candid about previously letting his work bleed too much into his home life, to the point where his 4-year-old son, Parker, started noticing.
—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
York said Republicans are letting the movement run its course.
—
Britta Miller,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
On Harmony, their sophomore album, the duo gleefully throws dubstep, nu-metal, and trap in a blender with the lid off, letting their influences splatter the walls and drawing out their initials.
—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
Many people leave the window gap around the exhaust tube uncovered, letting hot air right back in.
—
Beth Gardiner,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2026
Following her death last year at the age of 91, the actress described the painful process of letting go.
—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
The Dream held the Fever to just 15 points in the third quarter and built their lead to 20 before letting the reserves close things out.
—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
After letting go of the fight for work-life balance, her success only continued to grow; in 2021 she was tapped to be the CEO of a Fortune 100 company, retirement planning giant TIAA.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for letting
Noun
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The Stresa shoe was a key model in the collection, drawing on the aesthetic of modern unlined loafers, with a sleek silhouette thanks to the ultra-flexible sole allowing for natural movement.
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Schlittler did allow some traffic before things unraveled in the fifth, permitting a walk and a single to start the inning.
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Fixing The Permitting Problem The first barrier states need to address is permitting.
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Everyone else is basically renting.
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In the meantime, Fuller continues maintaining the Claire Boulevard property, though the tax delinquency has prevented her from renting it out since the 2024 eviction.
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Drones offer a potential alternative cover crop seeding method by enabling interseeding of cover crops, the practice of planting one crop into another crop before harvest.
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Built around a three-dimensional architecture, the technology is designed to improve flexibility while reducing weight and enabling more uniform current distribution.
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Specifically, kids this age are developing key emotional regulation skills, such as tolerating disappointment, embarrassment, as well as frustration and anger.
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Leaving would mean becoming a beginner again, tolerating uncertainty and risking an imperfect decision.
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But, as is often the case with these kinds of monkey’s paws, the granting of a wish comes at a great cost—the wishmaker’s life.
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In this age of excess and endless wish granting, self denial becomes a superpower and a necessity.
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After leasing the property for years, Fallas bought the building in the 1990s.
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Google has pledged to invest $15 billion in a massive facility in Visakhapatnam, while Meta will be leasing a 168MW data center built by Reliance Industries in Jamnagar.
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Employers are not ignoring these problems.
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Today, the organization is notorious for ignoring infrastructure maintenance in favor of massive building projects.
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