permitted

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In 2021, when Talon won his second and last term permitted under the constitution, he kept Wadagni at the finance ministry, promoting him to minister of state.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Ships carrying humanitarian supplies, Centcom says, will be permitted, but "subject to inspection."

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

That it got made before the strict enforcement of the Production Code allowed for a few more liberties than would shortly be permitted, but its bedrock slyness and winking tone are elemental.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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

Jefferson himself thought in this French fashion, Adams claimed, confusing the seductive prospects envisioned in his imagination with the more limited possibilities history permitted.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis