allowable

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In recent years, the allowable uses of 529s have expanded beyond higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Adding the firing squad in Arizona requires a constitutional amendment because the state’s constitution explicitly describes the sole methods of execution allowable for the state.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Over the weekend, he threatened to raise the tariffs to the maximum level allowable under the law of 15%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Utilities make money by earning a rate of return on their capital investments; if their allowable investments decline, their returns will, too.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Of course, for such a thing to happen, there has to be a kind of acquiescence on the part of the victims, some submerged belief that this treatment is deserved, or at least allowable.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston