allowable

Example Sentences

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“The device’s lithium battery exceeded the maximum allowable size, so the customer was asked to remove it,” the statement said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

And if I’m having a really bad hole, I’m fine picking up the ball and marking down the maximum allowable score for handicap purposes—if I keep score at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Adding the firing squad in Arizona requires a constitutional amendment because the state’s constitution explicitly describes the sole methods of execution allowable for the state.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Utilities make money by earning a rate of return on their capital investments; if their allowable investments decline, their returns will, too.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

The house is obnoxiously huge, like the rest of the houses around it, built out to as close to the edge of the property line as allowable by law.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman