as in authorizations
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 permissions
Though the state of Missouri has passed some bills expanding hours and permissions for businesses and vendors, some cities are also passing their own guardrails on bars, food trucks and other tourist-friendly spaces.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Customers in Texas and Arizona can receive parcels from the flying delivery liaisons, and Amazon has received beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) permissions from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which means the drones can, theoretically, start to scale for delivery.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Third, access to devices should be carefully limited through temporary, task-specific permissions.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Parents will be able to manage permissions and monitor activity through these connected accounts.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
Disable unnecessary permissions like location tracking, microphone use or full file access.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Spotify’s blog post didn’t specify whether the development would be opt-in or opt-out to determine training permissions.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Chrome will inform you when notification permissions are automatically removed.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
Actions that were previously considered low-risk, like writing a simple script, become high-stakes when performed by an AI agent with broad permissions.
—Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Customers in Texas and Arizona can receive parcels from the flying delivery liaisons, and Amazon has received beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) permissions from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which means the drones can, theoretically, start to scale for delivery.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Third, access to devices should be carefully limited through temporary, task-specific permissions.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Parents will be able to manage permissions and monitor activity through these connected accounts.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
Disable unnecessary permissions like location tracking, microphone use or full file access.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Spotify’s blog post didn’t specify whether the development would be opt-in or opt-out to determine training permissions.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Chrome will inform you when notification permissions are automatically removed.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
Actions that were previously considered low-risk, like writing a simple script, become high-stakes when performed by an AI agent with broad permissions.
—Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for permissions
Noun
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Proponents of repealing the Gulf and Iraq War authorizations for the use of military force from 1991 and 2002, respectively, may finally have a victory on their hands.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Indian state authorities have ordered an immediate halt to drug production at the three manufacturers and have suspended product authorizations, the WHO said in its statement.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Failure to provide additional information or consents will be grounds for disqualification, unless prohibited under applicable law.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Before allowing the use of advertising pixels, cookies or other tracking tools, businesses should investigate what those technologies collect, how that data will be used and what disclosures or consents are required.—
Jodi Daniels,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The political damage from years of sanctions can already be seen within Iranian society, analysts say.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Despite months of military build-up, the escalation into a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in February 2022 and the subsequent imposition of sweeping and continuously expanding sanctions came as a major shock to thousands of transnational corporations.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Permissions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permissions. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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