permitted

Example Sentences

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While they are no longer allowed in lessons, students are still permitted phones during break times - the school having previously retreated from a stricter ban.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Such disputes mostly happen on Polymarket, whose unregulated offshore platform offers war bets that aren’t permitted on Kalshi or other U.S. platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Bruce Coss said the protest was not permitted and that at about 2:30 p.m., protesters were “obstructing the street” and “stopping cars,” prompting police to declare an unlawful assembly and evacuate the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 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