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View definitions for be permitted

be permitted

verb as in may

Strong match

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After being told such an admission would be not be permitted, she told the user that no beds were available at the crisis house, even though this was not true.

From BBC

"Further remediation work and strengthened practice is required and therefore there remains a real risk of harm to the public and repetition of the conduct should Ms Robinson be permitted to practise unrestricted," they added.

From BBC

The state judges agreed those defective ballots were “void” and could not be counted, but they said the voters should be permitted to cast a provisional vote in person.

“But that does not entitle Defendant to continued enjoyment of the assets to the detriment of the Plaintiffs to whom he owes approximately $150 million. It is, after all, the underlying policy of these New York statutes that ‘no man should be permitted to live at the same time in luxury and in debt.’”

From Salon

“Hamas is a terrorist organization that needs to be dismantled. They cannot be permitted to govern in Gaza or maintain their military capabilities,” he told The Times.

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

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