as in consent
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
she asked for permission to have a piece of candy the President granted permission for the foreign diplomats to have special quarters
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Recent Examples of permission
Leading Internet companies and publishers—including Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, Medium, The Daily Beast, Fastly, and more—think there may finally be a solution to end AI crawlers hammering websites to scrape content without permission or compensation.
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press.
—Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
In tandem with this, the brand has recently obtained rare FAA permissions to fly over people and vehicles in dense urban areas, such as Boston, which indicates its regulatory leadership.
—William Jones, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Towing industry representatives said another priority should be modernizing the DMV’s process for getting permission to sell someone’s vehicle.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press.
—Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
In tandem with this, the brand has recently obtained rare FAA permissions to fly over people and vehicles in dense urban areas, such as Boston, which indicates its regulatory leadership.
—William Jones, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Towing industry representatives said another priority should be modernizing the DMV’s process for getting permission to sell someone’s vehicle.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permission
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Concerns have already been raised over the dangers of nudification apps that can be used to create pornographic images of people without their consent.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Reuters — The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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The station stated that the volunteer acted without authorization and in direct violation of Radio Boise policies by making those comments on social media.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, at the height of the pandemic, Kennedy petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to revoke authorization of COVID-19 vaccines and refrain from approving any future COVID-19 vaccines.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
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
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“Permission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permission. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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