- present tense form of allow (3rd person singular).
allows
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Understanding what allows cancer cells to escape from their original location and establish new tumors is therefore a major priority for researchers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
It’s an unusually unglamorous, tightly wound performance, one that allows Johansson to disappear into an ordinary woman’s increasingly desperate circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
The latest edition of the annual franchise allows people to use the game's custom character designer to create a manager who uses a wheelchair.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Hackers are now targeting so-called API keys—a kind of password that allows access to AI models from leading American labs like Anthropic and OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
This allows the accused the opportunity to make the government prove to a judge that their arrest and imprisonment is justified.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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