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permitting

adjective as in consenting

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He promised to quickly expedite permitting and fracking - "We’re drilling, drilling, drilling," he told Fox News host Sean Hannity last year.

From BBC

Some politicians and groups oppose legally permitting assisted dying.

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Now a law permitting gene-edited food to be sold in the UK has been paused and some British scientists warn they could be overtaken by other countries.

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Permitting federal agents to target inmates for deportation, critics say, led to the forced separation of “thousands of families.”

Having dueling ballot measures may have been confusing, and in a red state like Nebraska, a law permitting abortion until 12 weeks might have struck much of the electorate as reasonable.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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