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Example Sentences
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Her parents went "with nothing" to Costa Rica, a country that "allowed them to have a good life".
From Barron's
But having been allowed to play three hours of the new game weeks before its release date, due to her super fan status, she said this time around, things felt "different".
From BBC
The lifestyle tax havens often lack the civic commitment that allowed places like New York, London, Paris or Chicago to grow into fuller-spectrum cities.
"They must not be allowed to act with impunity."
From Barron's
“There’s nothing I hate about Cornyn,” Sally Centrice, 71, allowed—hardly an endorsement, but also not the sort of attitude Mr. Paxton hopes to capitalize on.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.