permissible

Example Sentences

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In the UK, parties must check donations over £500 are from permissible sources, which include people listed on the UK electoral register.

From BBC

I knew how Nollie had trained her children—but surely, surely now of all times a lie was permissible!

From Literature

The WBC allowed fans to bring in 16 “permissible instruments,” including bongos, cowbells, maracas and trumpets.

From Los Angeles Times

Even when I feared that using the recommendation would make it seem as though what he did was permissible or that he could pay for it by helping me get a job.

From Literature

The medical groups also said Kennedy’s appointments weren’t permissible under a federal law that requires the advisory panel to be fairly balanced and not inappropriately influenced.

From The Wall Street Journal