permit
Usage
What are other ways to say permit?
Both verbs that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, permit and allow are often interchangeable, but permit is the more positive of the two. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit.
Example Sentences
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Perpetual futures on Anthropic started trading this week on the Hyperliquid trading platform, a 24/7 crypto platform that does not permit American users.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
A district spokesperson said they’ve had a positive start to the new year, and school officials have put “reminder tags” on e-bikes that have been parked on school property without the permit stickers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
However, it took around eight months to meet the Governing Body Endorsement criteria and secure a UK work permit.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
That permit allows about 2,000 feet of pipe from the border to a nearby shut-off valve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Ortega does not want his daughter courted by anyone but a rich man’s son. He does not permit Salvador to see her, and Salvador does not. But he will not forget her.”
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
Even while acknowledging they can’t legally live where they do — no permits, no addresses, no hookups — he sees them as productive members of his community of just under 2,500.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In July, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, pausing certain environmental permits for up to one year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The district policy permits any community member to call for removing a library book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
This permits U.S. residence, not voting, yet there’s confusion, since “much of the paperwork and language around this status designation refers to such individuals as dual citizens.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Dad did know all the rules about visas and work permits and green cards, because when students and researchers come to the university from foreign countries, they need one or another of them.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
Instead, production inside a designated allied industrial base should ordinarily be permitted unless a specific national-security reason requires otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The city had permitted the market to operate out of Legacy Park temporarily while work was underway on Santa Monica College’s Malibu campus near City Hall in the civic center area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Firstly, they asked that the medical board directed by the Supreme Court "be permitted to complete a full and independent assessment" of Khan's health, "particularly the reported loss of vision in his right eye".
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Those onboard were initially delayed from being allowed to leave the ship, but were eventually permitted to disembark at about 11:30.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Now old and poor, Andrew Jackson’s daughter-in-law Sarah was permitted to live at the Hermitage, relying upon Alfred and Gracy to care for her.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Lastly, the law allows plans to include language permitting workers old enough to be subject to RMDs to skip them while working for the company sponsoring the plan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
NMP said the clearance does not mean it will immediately begin commercial mining operations as it still needs to complete permitting, including for the necessary land-based infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
State laws on the subject vary considerably, with some prohibiting commercial surrogacy and others liberally permitting it and even issuing parentage orders before birth.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
A government permitting dashboard estimates that the project will complete environmental reviews and permitting in 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
They stared at everything furtively, judgmentally, not wanting or permitting eye contact with others.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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