as in flexible
often disapproving
giving people a lot of freedom or too much freedom to do what they want to do
permissive parents Some states have more permissive laws than others.
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Recent Examples of permissive
Everything changed in 2023 when multiple new base models with permissive licenses were released.
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Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
This overly permissive design allows Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica to send web requests with web tracking identifiers to specific local ports that are continuously monitored by the Facebook, Instagram, and Yandex apps.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
So far, the CDC's changes echo what the committee had already been considering voting on next month: narrowing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations to only older adults and younger ages with risk factors, but still allowing for permissive coverage of others getting vaccinated.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 30 May 2025
But in the past 18 months, permissive NCAA eligibility rulings, opportunistic agents and rising pools of name, image and likeness money have combined to open the floodgates.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Paul Smith-Goodson, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
This overly permissive design allows Meta Pixel and Yandex Metrica to send web requests with web tracking identifiers to specific local ports that are continuously monitored by the Facebook, Instagram, and Yandex apps.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
So far, the CDC's changes echo what the committee had already been considering voting on next month: narrowing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations to only older adults and younger ages with risk factors, but still allowing for permissive coverage of others getting vaccinated.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 30 May 2025
But in the past 18 months, permissive NCAA eligibility rulings, opportunistic agents and rising pools of name, image and likeness money have combined to open the floodgates.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for permissive
Adjective
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FSIs who provide flexible, digital-first work environments and AI-enabled productivity tools may be better positioned to attract this talent and benefit from their fresh perspectives.—
Monica Hovsepian,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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In 8th grade, students create a flexible four-year plan for high school to help guide them.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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In the hallways and informal corners of the convention center, old ideas resurfaced in sharper, more polished form.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Poor areas with informal housing were the worst affected, government officials said.—
Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Camargo acknowledged that lenient sentences have encouraged armed groups to recruit minors to commit crimes.—
Manuel Rueda,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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In January 2023, Price rode into office on a broad progressive platform that sought shorter prison sentences, alternatives to prison and more lenient prosecutions of young defendants as a means to combat the nation’s legacy of mass incarceration.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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But Sushi by Bou does it differently – this family of omakase restaurants keeps the experience accessible thanks to a $65, 12-course omakase.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Wikipedia has paused the summaries for now, but the platform will continue testing features that make its content accessible to people with different reading levels.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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The federal investigation shone a light on the largely unregulated body broker business in America and Colorado’s lax funeral home regulations.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 June 2025
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Complicating matters further are sophisticated networks of onshore and offshore actors who facilitate illicit operations by obscuring catch data, obfuscating labor abuses, and lobbying to maintain lax regulations, according to C4ADS.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The calf’s dorsal fin and tail flukes are also pliable and lack firmness, but will gradually stiffen in a few days.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
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This pliable attitude toward time can provide a welcome change in life.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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“Permissive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permissive. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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