permitting 1 of 2

present participle of permit
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permitting

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noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for permitting
Verb
  • Listen to this article The usual sales pitch for working from home has been that the job can get done just as effectively outside the office, boosting morale and allowing employees to manage other commitments while meeting and even exceeding their professional responsibilities.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The first came from a wide free kick, which Spurs dealt with ineffectively, allowing Rayan Ait-Nouri an uncontested volley from the edge of the box.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For the time being, Pritzker is letting his existing pension-reform proposal speak for itself.
    David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Allow yourself, too, to feel the ease of letting go.
    Time, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The club wisely played the long game, enabling us to compete in a changing financial landscape.
    James McNicholas, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The rise of swarm intelligence in manufacturing Swarm Intelligence, inspired by collective behaviors in nature, is now being applied to robotics, enabling multiple humanoid robots to collaborate seamlessly on complex tasks.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Thank you for tolerating a strange British idiot.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Instead of being about a bunch of observers helplessly tolerating their peculiar friend, the sketch became an absurd illustration of the way groupthink manifests.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • New research found that having more menopause symptoms was linked to worse cognitive and behavioral function, which are markers of dementia.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 11 Apr. 2025
  • My tailbones were sore and my legs tired after nearly three days of nonstop cycling, and the thought of having the breeze at our backs on our final day boosted my mood.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • FedEx — The stock gained more than 1% after Jefferies upgraded FedEx to buy from hold, saying investors are ignoring the cost-cutting efforts at the packing and shipping company that will continue to drive earnings growth regardless of the macroeconomic challenges.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Yet there’s no ignoring the fact that the Rockies would’ve loved to have Brito penciled in as their second baseman this year.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In order to hunt on private land, hunters must have written permission, Meeker said.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
  • As a fallback, the administration also sought permission to begin public communications on how the policy would be implemented, should it eventually be upheld.
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • However, users in the class action lawsuit claim their Apple devices were recording them without their consent and subsequently sending their information to advertisers who used it to target them with online ads.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 1 July 2025
  • Last month, 27 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit to block the sale of customers' genetic information without their consent.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 July 2025
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“Permitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permitting. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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