permissive
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Regulators are in a permissive phase, and that could be a bonanza for fund companies cooking up ever wilder ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The U.S. is a bit of an outlier in its permissive approach to youth indoor tanning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Those dominant players enjoy "extremely permissive regulatory contexts on copyright," Herblin-Stoop said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
As they grapple with where to draw boundaries around AI, Elon Musk’s xAI has been among the more permissive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
He wished to see free schools, but in this Act contented himself with securing permissive legislation, which he believed would soon lead to the adoption of a free system.
From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by J. Harold Putnam
Vocabulary lists containing permissive
Measure for Measure
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