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.
Example Sentences
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Last year, Orr persuaded the City Council in Burleson to rezone the land, which had been restricted to agriculture, to permit retail and housing.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The craft of scavenging the River Thames for lost relics at low tide has surged in popularity, leaving more than 10,000 hopeful treasure hunters stuck on a permit waitlist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Does it permit voluntary after-tax contributions and in-plan Roth conversions?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Refugees wishing to work or engage in a trade or business can apply for a special permit.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
They’d lasted fifteen minutes there before the Oakland PD kicked them out for the exact same reason: lack of a permit.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
She wants India's Department of Telecommunications to be the main agency, with a single-window system to speed up repair-vessel permits.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Times' lawsuit partly hinges on the limited "fair use" exception, which permits copyrighted work to be used without the rights holders' consent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
That means someone age 50 or older could potentially contribute as much as $80,000, assuming sufficient eligible compensation and a plan that permits catch-up contributions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Valenzuela wrote that the Supreme Court “declined to decide whether Title IX permits transgender girls to participate on girls’ and women’s teams” and “expressly stated” that nothing in its opinion addressed that “distinct question.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Even though she knows my doubts, Mother Ermentrude permits it.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Canal authorities are also reducing the permitted draft of vessels -- how deep they sit in the water -- from 15.24 to 14.63 meters.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Ask what the fees are, how much of your balance you’re permitted to move into it, and what you’re actually allowed to buy inside it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Media weren’t permitted into the event, but I met one critic, Benn Jordan, and watched as he attempted to eavesdrop on the proceedings from a van loaded with electronics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
It has been claimed the case may pave the way for a future parade on the road being permitted.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Although they never permitted matters to come to bloodshed, they still fostered these quarrels between them so that those citizens would not unite against them, being busy with their own disputes.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Those financials exposed to capital markets will do well as regulation remains light, while easier permitting should boost energy-infrastructure build-out.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“The Renison mine is steady state, Rentails project may reach final investment decision in 2027, and the permitting status of projects in companies where Metals X holds a strategic stake is unknown.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
NMP said the clearance does not mean it will immediately begin commercial mining operations as it still needs to complete permitting, including for the necessary land-based infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
State laws on the subject vary considerably, with some prohibiting commercial surrogacy and others liberally permitting it and even issuing parentage orders before birth.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Verity is successful they’re sending a Lysander for me, at the field I found, on Sunday or Monday—all of it weather permitting and, of course, assuming we can collect the Rosalie.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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