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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International and local media have reported that the gun was legally registered and had a permit.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The department will weigh in on the conditional use permit at a later date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Every wafer is grown in China, every shipment needs a Beijing permit, and the company holds stakes in 10 Chinese suppliers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The swell of local outrage has also pushed city officials to reconsider how they permit big projects like data centers in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Bull reflected on whether dress whites that had been tailored for a one-hundred-ninety-pound man would permit the entry of the same man who now weighed two hundred and twenty pounds.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Her relationship frequently crosses boundaries, but Maddie permits it because the attention makes her feel good and motivates her disorder.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Previously filed permits for the plant show it would have 35 turbines and generate 7.65 gigawatts -- larger than any gas plant currently operating in the United States.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
AXT’s Chinese unit needed permits in June and August of 2025 before it could ship wafers again.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
In response to the Friday's shooting, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he had tightened regulations when he was interior minister three years ago - suspending new gun permits.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Remember how you said the pancake people could do whatever they wanted on that land if they had all the permits and stuff?”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
"OpenAI should not be permitted to use Apple's secrets to gain an unjust head start in its hardware ambitions," the iPhone-maker says.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
In addition, Carvalho received “gifts from contractors and lobbyists beyond the limits permitted by law,” the letter alleged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
It also said that the drone shouldn’t capture imagery outside its permitted area of operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The MLS said Matuidi had been paid more than was allowed, effectively giving the team four "designated players" last season rather than the permitted three.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Since no visiting was permitted in the hospital, relatives of patients often took this way of getting inside.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The trouble small-budget indies run into in L.A. is location and permitting costs, said Philip Sokoloski, vice president of communications at FilmLA, the nonprofit that coordinates permits and tracks local production.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The Myanmar government could "gain a lot from ASEAN" by permitting access to Suu Kyi, said researcher Morgan Michaels of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The aviation regulator is permitting the airport to claw back up to £320m through higher airport charges to airlines for each passenger, which is likely to end up being added to ticket prices.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Russia “doesn’t have the same permitting process,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Let her continue to think so, for in truth you soon will be, God willing and your health permitting, for I have requested the Prior to arrange your journey with all speed.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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