permission
Example Sentences
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The new measures required Chinese exporters of certain crucial rare earths to first apply for permission, giving Beijing the ability to hold up or block sales.
The UK's equality regulator, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which has been granted permission to intervene in the judicial review, said the Met's current use of the technology breached human rights law.
From BBC
Since the U.S. granted Chevron permission to pump more oil from Venezuela last July, China, the U.S. and Cuba have been the biggest importers of the country’s oil, Kpler data show.
Hawaii’s law requires authorization to “enter,” and the challengers say it applies to parking lots: “That prohibition bars any entry, even in a vehicle and even for the purpose of asking permission.”
The company would need licenses from the U.S. to return and then various permissions and licenses to operate within the country.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
