permissiveness
Example Sentences
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In recent days, housing industry lobbyists have internally noted the seeming permissiveness of that exemption and others as potential tools for defanging the investor ban, said people familiar with the matter.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Without an investment in the therapeutic parts of the criminal legal system, we seem to be inclined toward one of two extremes — permissiveness or punitiveness.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023
The State Department’s top deputy on Latin America complained that Kissinger’s permissiveness was “patently a violation of our principles and policy tenets.”
From Slate • May 27, 2023
“Then we tested different cells for their permissiveness to SARS-CoV-2. Very surprisingly, we found pancreatic beta cells can be infected.”
From Scientific American • Apr. 15, 2022
General Peckem’s attitude toward all the personnel in his command, officers and enlisted men, was marked by the same easy spirit of tolerance and permissiveness.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
