How to Use permissible in a Sentence

permissible

adjective

• The ceiling of what’s permissible has yet to be reached.
  — Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 11 July 2022
• And there will be a debate about whether that's permissible or not.
  — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• The most challenging thing for me is what is permissible and what is not.
  — Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2020
• Twenty-five is the youngest age permissible by the Constitution to hold a seat in the U.S. House.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
• This was followed by three examples of the kind of speech that was now permissible.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
• But late last month, due to the strong rains, E. coli bacteria was above permissible levels for six of nine days.
  — Michel Luizet, Robb Report, 15 July 2024
• West, Guisti and Hosek were all told that the use of religious headgear was permissible, Mayes said.
  — Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 14 May 2021
• The city law stated the dates in which the use of permissible consumer fireworks are allowed in the following: • May 4 through May 6.
  — Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2023
• That's what the court said is not permissible under the second amendment.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
• Is there any action, permissible still by law, that should still lead a politician to resign?
  — Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• But track days or McLaren owner events are all permissible.
  — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• Late last year, the City Council made the building of coach houses, basement and attic apartments permissible for the first time since 1957.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 12 Apr. 2021
• The risk paid off with a nomination, though not a trophy, and helped push the boundaries of what was permissible in movies in ways that would never be pushed back.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2021
• Goldring said the plans are still on for a late August start for permissible team vs. team competitions.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2020
• The sale of permissible consumer fireworks is allowed: ​April 25 to May 6.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2022
• There have been a couple of developments in the last day or two regarding what is and isn’t permissible with AI.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
• The Colorado Court of Appeals and a district court have found the ban is permissible under the state Constitution.
  — Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2019
• But Murphy said that a poll, in which each Gates Mills Boulevard residence has one say, is permissible.
  — cleveland, 24 Nov. 2021
• Tests have showed that levels in the water during the studied time period were 70-fold more than the permissible amount, according to the new study.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 15 May 2023
• That was only the most recent of high court cases involving the question of when prayer on public grounds is and isn’t permissible.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
• And at a time of great social and technological change, staying on the right side of the line of permissible speech can be difficult.
  — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020
• And in the vacuum of knowing what the law is, there really is this race on both sides of this debate to define what is going to be permissible and what's not.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022
• If all beings are worthy, then all count in the calculation of what is morally permissible – and what is not.
  — Kathleen Dean Moore, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2021
• Obtained by The New York Times, the memo interprets the scope and limits of permissible cooperation with the court.
  — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022
• But since it is not considered permissible to have red on a blue background, according to heraldry, the red cross had to be bordered with white.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
• Dogma, ad hominem attacks, and hate speech were not permissible.
  — Jennifer Miller, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2022
• The maximum permissible full-spectrum content outlined in the 2018 US Farm Bill is adhered to with the utmost care.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2023
• Electors are legally bound in some states to vote for the person who won their state, a requirement the Supreme Court said earlier this year is permissible.
  — John McCormick, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2020
• And for the political press, whatever gets Harris across the finish line first is permissible.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024
• City attorney Adam Saxby told council members the ordinance is permissible.
  — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024