permission

Example Sentences

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The following month, Sleca asked the state utility commission for something rare: permission to abandon the customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

They did hear testimony from an anti–death penalty lawyer who was admonished for testing DNA on a water bottle without the person’s permission.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

“Jimmy needed permission and encouragement from someone to say, ‘All right, it’s time,’” Segel says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The notion of having to seek permission or paying to use an international waterway that they previously used for free and without condition will stretch those states’ tolerance, Oxford Analytica said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

On the table is my field trip permission form, covered with orange Cheetos dust.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko