permissive

Example Sentences

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Those dominant players enjoy "extremely permissive regulatory contexts on copyright," Herblin-Stoop said.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

McArthur counters that the Scottish bill does not follow those "permissive and expansive models" but is instead modelled on stable, tightly-drawn laws in Australia and the US state of Oregon.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Lee adds that the U.S. decision to allow exports of Nvidia’s H200 chip may signal a policy shift toward a more permissive stance on export controls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

International health bodies, like a British analysis of global alcohol consumption data, show that nations taking stricter stances have seen measurable public‑health gains, complicating the idea that more permissive guidance is inherently “liberating.”

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

The course of events during the early years of the twentieth century left England no time for developing the art of flight in her own tentative and permissive fashion.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir