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.
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Dunamu said access for corporate customers would expand in stages as regulations permit, with the company building custody capabilities, infrastructure and internal controls to support broader participation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Yosemite National Park is open and operating normally except for Glacier Point Road, which is closed because of smoke and will reopen when conditions permit, according to InciWeb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Only those assessed as high or medium risk will require the cladding to be removed, but all categories permit the cladding to be flammable.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a construction permit for a new reactor designed by GE Vernova and Hitachi.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
So I sought out a school conducted on a more indulgent system, and near enough to permit of my visiting her often, and bringing her home sometimes.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The director would be able to manage public works projects, including construction, buying or leasing property, exercising eminent domain with City Council approval, granting street permits, regulating parking and recommending budgets for the department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The IFR awards licences to all 116 clubs in English football's top five tiers, which permits them to operate.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
No site has been selected and no permits have been issued.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The company overhauled its original power plans to address local resistance to its idea to use gas turbines and diesel generators, but it has yet to obtain the air permits it needs from the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Fred and Leon stopped by for a while, permits in hand, to discuss legal issues with Father.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
Opponents say the proposition’s vague wording could result in vital services being excluded from the list of program expenses permitted in the 90% of revenues, prompting clinics to cut programs to avoid financial penalties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
During the 2023-24 season, both clubs were docked points for making more losses than they were permitted to for the three-year period from the 2020-21 to 2022-23 seasons.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
“For the last three years, a permitted block closure in the center of our general footprint turns into a fun street party with three musical stages,” said Gould, a co-organizer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
No fans at all will be permitted at the latter event, and only a few hundred Israelis at the former.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
If Michael Burry thought there wasn’t—for instance, if he thought a market was temporarily not functioning or somehow fraudulent—he was permitted to “side-pocket” an investment.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“But we also need a predictable, durable permitting framework that allows all projects to move forward in a timely way so we can keep adding affordable power to the grid.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The Order then submitted a fresh application, leading to Friday's decision permitting the restricted procession.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The dispersed ash eventually settles out of the atmosphere, permitting the Sun’s rays to shine fully on the surface again – reviving agriculture and ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Power, permitting, financing, transmission and community opposition will kill plenty of projects.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Their morale was low because they did not want to march in parades every Sunday afternoon and because Lieutenant Scheisskopf had appointed cadet officers from their ranks instead of permitting them to elect their own.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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