allowing

Example Sentences

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A wind-driven fire that broke out in Ventura County Monday morning stalled overnight, allowing some residents to return home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

He complied without even allowing RIH the opportunity to respond, directing the hospital to give the government the records it sought.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

OpenAI in February partnered with consultancies McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Accenture and Capgemini, allowing its engineering teams to work alongside those firms’ consultants.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The method divides space and time into an extremely fine grid, or lattice, allowing scientists to numerically solve the equations governing particle interactions.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

When Nixon came in, Kissinger launched into a lecture about how the president didn’t seem to grasp the danger of allowing top secret documents to be leaked to the press.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin