How to Use allowable in a Sentence

allowable

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• The extension will be enforced to the extent allowable by any statewide orders, officials said.
  — Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2020
• Some states add a supplement, making payments and allowable income levels higher.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
• With rent control landlords will always raise the rent the allowable amount because everybody else is and fear that the government will impose even harsher measures.
  — Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 9 Sep. 2024
• President Donald Trump has pushed for law enforcement agencies to lift standards for the allowable use of deadly force.
  — Jorge Ortiz and Will Peebles, USA TODAY, 17 June 2020
• Also allowable: care for disabled spouses and older family members.
  — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 9 May 2020
• Drivers are currently spending more time than usual waiting at distribution centers, which counts against their allowable service hours.
  — Jeff Harmening, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2020
• Two states, New Hampshire and New Jersey have set a lower level of allowable arsenic in tap water of 5 ppb.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 25 June 2020
• South Alabama will begin fall camp Wednesday, two days earlier than the first allowable date for teams beginning their season on Sept. 5.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 4 Aug. 2020
• The program contributed data that informed state officials’ decision to reduce the state's allowable arsenic level in public drinking water last year.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 27 June 2020
• Fuentes used the crop more than six times, the allowable limit.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
• The change would mean an increase in the allowable amount of mold and yeast for one lab and a decrease for the other.
  — Ginny Monk, courant.com, 2 Apr. 2022
• When those masks cannot be used, a cloth mask is allowable.
  — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2022
• This was allowable because one of the theater’s board members is a friend of one of the writers of the show.
  — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 26 Oct. 2021
• When the bill got back over to the House, Howell had to make a ruling on whether the changes were germane, or allowable.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• In the Atlantic League, the maximum allowable salary is $3,000 a month.
  — Noah Gittell Hiroko Masuike, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Rispoli used the riding crop more than six times, the allowable limit.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
• In the first years that the law was in effect, the total allowable increase hovered between 5.7% and 9%.
  — Liam Dillonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
• Once, the asbestos level was more than five times the allowable limit.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2022
• Two arm tugging a dude down in the box is allowable according to @PROreferees.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2021
• The league gave them six primetime games, the maximum allowable, whereas the Rams got two.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• The $4,000 contempt fine was the maximum allowable by law.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
• The measure failed to pass the board due to a disagreement over what number should be set for the allowable amount of PFAS in groundwater.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
• The season opened and the total allowable harvest went from 45 million pounds to 5.5 million pounds.
  — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022
• That was what showed a near-complete stock collapse and a nearly 90% cut in the total allowable catch for last season.
  — Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2022
• The time couldn’t be considered for the section record because the wind, at 2.1 meters-per-second, was just over the allowable 2.0.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
• Miller said there are allowable quantities for certain things that can be put in those rooms.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
• Miller said there are allowable quantities for certain things that can be put in those rooms.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
• Alabama’s is less than half that at $7.25, the lowest allowable by law.
  — David Sher, al, 13 Dec. 2020
• Adding many more drivers to the Uber platform would push that time below allowable limits.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2023
• Both won on their second try (which is allowable under ACM rules).
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024