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deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military
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Being giddy over the Lightning’s transformation is permissible.
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John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
The controversies cost the leaders of several Ivy League universities their jobs, and resulted in many universities changing their rules around permissible campus activity and introducing new disciplinary measures in an apparent bid to prevent further such protests from taking place.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
There is only one instance when a drone is permissible to use—to aid in recovering a deer after it's been hunted.
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
Her results would show there was plutonium in her lungs, but that her counts were within permissible levels at the time.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
The controversies cost the leaders of several Ivy League universities their jobs, and resulted in many universities changing their rules around permissible campus activity and introducing new disciplinary measures in an apparent bid to prevent further such protests from taking place.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
There is only one instance when a drone is permissible to use—to aid in recovering a deer after it's been hunted.
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
Her results would show there was plutonium in her lungs, but that her counts were within permissible levels at the time.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Permissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permissible. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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permissible
adjective
per·mis·si·ble
pər-ˈmis-ə-bəl 
: that may be permitted : allowable
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