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as in to allow
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 to 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 to enable
to make able or possible
we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting
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as in to tolerate
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 permit
Shyla Watson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
The law also permits perks and benefits for fans who donate to NIL collectives.
—Bret Baier, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
After the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest was held in New York’s Washington Square Park, organizer Anthony Po was slapped with a $500 fine for hosting a public event without a permit.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Boating, swimming and fishing are also permitted in the nearby lakes and ponds.
—Shyla Watson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
The law also permits perks and benefits for fans who donate to NIL collectives.
—Bret Baier, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
Edgar Cisneros, the former city manager of Commerce, also pleaded guilty in the plot in which local officials allegedly took bribes to hand out permits for marijuana businesses.
—Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
After the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest was held in New York’s Washington Square Park, organizer Anthony Po was slapped with a $500 fine for hosting a public event without a permit.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Those negotiations helped improve logistics, allowing the United States to increase deportation flights to countries in the Western Hemisphere, as well as to places, including China, that previously refused to accept their citizens.Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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With a few strokes of JFK’s pen, the NFL was effectively granted an exemption to the Sherman Antitrust Act and college football could rest easy knowing that the pros wouldn’t be allowed to get their grubby meat hooks on Saturdays in autumn.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Strong growth in productivity - or output per worker - should let companies give large raises without passing the higher costs to consumers through price increases, Oxford Economics said.Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Spread, let sit, and clean off with warm water and a soft cloth.Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
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Check your router’s admin panel regularly for updates or enable automatic updates, if supported.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Cronenberg’s first efforts were financed by private investors eager to take advantage of generous government subsidies and tax breaks: low-risk capital enabling high-risk creativity.Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Then, sometime in her mid-40s, her ability to tolerate alcohol plummeted.Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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These blatant violations will not be tolerated on U.S. soil.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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As for joy-con drift, Nintendo filed a patent last year that has seemingly solved the problem by using hall-effect sticks.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Our enrollment has surged to record levels, research funding and patents are at all-time highs, more of our students than ever are advancing to elite graduate programs, and our annual economic impact on Maryland has reached more than $1.5 billion.David K. Wilson, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
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His returns bring a historical depth to the sport, as few figures have been as loved by fans quite like Dale Earnhardt Jr. has.Alex Harrington, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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The Vikings have so much going on offensively at the moment and Sam Darnold is redefining himself.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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An important social context to Rickey can’t be ignored.Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
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But should investors really be ignoring small caps in 2025?Bret Kenwell, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Latu played in just one game this season, forcing a fumble and defending a pass against Purdue.Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
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After two runs and an incomplete pass, C.J. Stroud threw to Joe Mixon on 4th-and-goal, but Mixon was tackled one yard short of the end zone.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Permit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permit. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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