permissible
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Are the exceptions that every parent would make for their child morally permissible?
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
In this instance, the son would be a permissible donor, but his father would not be.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Under the screen-time policy, students have no access to screens until the second grade and permissible screen time is gradually expanded as students get older.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The National Mining Association, the main lobbying group for mining firms in the United States, told AFP it "absolutely supports" the new lower permissible silica exposure limit.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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