make allowance
Example Sentences
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"The welfare of the men is a priority, they will need time and support, and we hope and trust our media and community will make allowance for this."
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024
Alas, my plan to sort and cull my thousands of books — described last week in my Zippy Shell column — failed to make allowance for human nature.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2020
Hutton believes, plausibly enough, that popular notions of fairness do make allowance for luck.
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2010
When you make allowance for price rises, national production is still seven times what it was in 1900.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
