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
Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
And as for balancing her still-thriving acting career with music, Silvers plans on letting curiosity reign.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Stein suggests letting your bathroom fan run during your shower, and for 30 minutes after.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Channeling the Queen of Pop, Clarkson, 43, mimics the character’s seductive delivery before letting her signature belt soar on the tune’s top notes.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Still, this has always been a very personal conflict between Yennefer and Vilgefortz, which is why Vilgefortz finally stops letting his minions do all the fighting and jumps through the portal himself.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
That meant letting the characters break instead of triumph.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
At one point, Mysterio called on some help from the Legado del Fantasma stable without letting anyone in The Judgment Day know.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Watters said letting visitors toss vegetables through the fence could send the wrong message, normalizing the idea of being close enough to feed a bear.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Under Baer, Stitch Fix has been opening the aperture and is letting consumers get larger fixes on their own timetables as well as shipments based on a theme or built around a purchase through the platform’s freestyle service.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
And as for balancing her still-thriving acting career with music, Silvers plans on letting curiosity reign.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Stein suggests letting your bathroom fan run during your shower, and for 30 minutes after.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Channeling the Queen of Pop, Clarkson, 43, mimics the character’s seductive delivery before letting her signature belt soar on the tune’s top notes.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Still, this has always been a very personal conflict between Yennefer and Vilgefortz, which is why Vilgefortz finally stops letting his minions do all the fighting and jumps through the portal himself.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
That meant letting the characters break instead of triumph.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
At one point, Mysterio called on some help from the Legado del Fantasma stable without letting anyone in The Judgment Day know.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Watters said letting visitors toss vegetables through the fence could send the wrong message, normalizing the idea of being close enough to feed a bear.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for letting
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The 32-year-old was pulled after 116 pitches and allowing two baserunners.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Shane Bieber earned the win for Toronto, pitching 5 ⅓ innings and allowing just one run.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Deacon and his wife bought the three-hundred-acre ranch during the pandemic and are trying to make a go of it, renting out two trailers and a couple of bare campsites.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Leasing essentially means renting a new car for a set term instead of buying it outright.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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With much of the world horrified by the USSR’s brutality, Eisenhower was furious that the British-French-Israeli offensive was both diverting international attention and handing Moscow a PR victory by enabling it to speak about Western aggression in the Middle East.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The woman who said Butler had manipulated her faith to abuse her as a teen blamed the Assemblies of God’s lack of safeguards for enabling him.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Self respect/love is a strong virtue, tolerating belittling is toxic.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The result is a lower threshold for tolerating frustration, and a harder time focusing in the classroom.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The legislation would mandate a study on the technology’s effects on the employment of current ride-share drivers and prohibit self-driving cars from operating in Boston until that’s been completed and other permitting requirements are established.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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In two cases, Colorado and other states have sued the administration over its move to end billions of dollars in funding for electric-vehicle infrastructure and its effort to suspend leasing and permitting of new wind projects.—
Joey Roulette,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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More than 600 additional jets have been sold to leasing companies that could be buying them on behalf of Chinese customers.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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The district is leasing a fleet of 20 hybrid minivans, each of which can transport four students at a time.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The first-grade teacher shot by her 6-year-old student at a Virginia elementary school took the stand to testify Thursday in her civil trial against a former assistant principal, who is accused of ignoring multiple warnings that the boy may have brought a gun to school before the shooting.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Seeing her murder on video, and passengers just ignoring her and walking away, broke my heart like nothing ever has.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Oct. 2025
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Figure’s business centers around putting mortgages on the blockchain, which the company says speeds up the granting and funding of home loans.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The last one standing is rewarded with a financial windfall and the granting of a single wish, any wish.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Letting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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