permission

Example Sentences

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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

Smith: We gave women permission to be independent and not be defined by a man.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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

Last month the SEC questioned Egan-Jones’s capacity to “consistently produce credit ratings with integrity” on some debt instruments that Egan-Jones was seeking permission to rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The social worker would supervise the visit, and tomorrow he would ask Etta’s forgiveness for not seeking permission.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman