as in authorized
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as in allowed
to give permission for or to approve of
the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds
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as in let
to give permission to
you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass
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as in enabled
to make able or possible
we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting
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as in tolerated
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference
the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion
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Recent Examples of permitted
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
25 June 2026
Citrus Heights Food Plaza is roughly 25,000 to 28,000 square feet, and has been permitted for 16 food trucks and trailers.
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Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Strapless dresses are not permitted, nor are one-shoulder gowns; no halter necks, spaghetti straps, midriff-baring dresses, or sheer gowns, either.
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
Currently, students 13 and older are permitted to use the technology, but parents want to stop its use entirely while the district’s AI committee creates new guidelines.
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Audience Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Regulators are now writing rules for a sanctioned technology rather than contesting whether it should be permitted at all.
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Mike Cahill,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Antetokounmpo’s salary is expected to stay about the same—the max permitted by the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
The league also permitted players to use a wristband where the MLB logo portrayed a Black hitter.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
For the first two matches, in Los Angeles, the team was not permitted to travel until the day before.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
Verb
However, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy on Thursday warned that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz would only be permitted via routes designated by Tehran, highlighting that risks to the key shipping lane remain.
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Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
25 June 2026
Citrus Heights Food Plaza is roughly 25,000 to 28,000 square feet, and has been permitted for 16 food trucks and trailers.
—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Strapless dresses are not permitted, nor are one-shoulder gowns; no halter necks, spaghetti straps, midriff-baring dresses, or sheer gowns, either.
—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
Currently, students 13 and older are permitted to use the technology, but parents want to stop its use entirely while the district’s AI committee creates new guidelines.
—
Audience Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Regulators are now writing rules for a sanctioned technology rather than contesting whether it should be permitted at all.
—
Mike Cahill,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Antetokounmpo’s salary is expected to stay about the same—the max permitted by the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement.
—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
The league also permitted players to use a wristband where the MLB logo portrayed a Black hitter.
—
Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
For the first two matches, in Los Angeles, the team was not permitted to travel until the day before.
—
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for permitted
Adjective
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On Amazon, only buy when the listing is sold and shipped by the brand or an authorized seller.
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Amazon is fine, but only when the listing is sold and shipped by the brand or an authorized seller.
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The Nationals allowed 10 consecutive batters to reach base, eight of them via hits, including three extra-base hits and the two pivotal home runs.
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The team will now be allowed to travel to Seattle two days before the game, allowing for an extra day beyond the 24-hour window given to Team Melli for its first two games.
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What differentiates MidFirst is not simply scale, but the culture private ownership has enabled.
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That enabled them to add a rapidly ascendant prospect each time in goalie Carter George and winger Vojtěch Čihař.
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Violence against law enforcement will not be tolerated.
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Six years later, an ostensibly secret but broadly tolerated Remonstrant church was established in Delft.
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In an unexpected pairing, a 1979 Basquiat painting is displayed beside dresses created through a licensed collaboration between the Basquiat estate and fashion label Alice + Olivia.
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How that T-shirt and billions of other licensed products land on the shelf is actually a lot more complicated than that.
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The endorsed candidate receives direct backing from the party.
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Blake ran in the Democratic primary for mayor and cross-endorsed Mamdani.
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Hating a people is never acceptable.
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The same reservations, of course, apply to RealD 3D in standard theaters – acceptable in laser projection, avoid if not.
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According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), TLC is the second-biggest-selling female group behind The Chicks, with 23 million certified units.
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Farmworkers are at particular risk, which has led the EPA to require special training for certified applicators of paraquat.
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“Permitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permitted. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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