permitting

Example Sentences

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Permitting reform needed for energy and public works?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Defense attorney William Harrison said his client’s success in getting projects through the Department of Planning and Permitting raised suspicions and he confessed when questioned by the FBI, the Honolulu news station reported.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

“Unfortunately, we tried to build an ADU at the worst possible time because of COVID. There was a lumber shortage. Permitting took a year. Everything was back ordered.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Permitting Peña Villasano to sport the U.S. and Mexican flags as a sash, said Holly Ortiz, could open “the door to offensive material.”

From Washington Times • May 27, 2023

Permitting an enemy to remain within the lines, perdu, unsuspected, to gather information, and make off with it—conniving at the concealment, and assisting the escape of an enemy?

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles