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allowed

[uh-laud] / əˈlaʊd /






ADJECTIVE
licensed
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STRONGEST








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Average number of points allowed by the Vikings, the best in the NFL.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Thailand, which shares a border with Myanmar and is leading the charge for closer relations, last week called for Naypyidaw's foreign minister to be allowed back into meetings.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Together, these observations allowed the team to reconstruct more than a decade of the distant world's orbital motion, strengthening the evidence that the discovery was genuine.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Service members say only security personnel are allowed on the premises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

That had always made me want to go in there even more, but I was never allowed.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler


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