allowable

Example Sentences

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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

"This suggests that, over the short term, production is expected to remain broadly unchanged, until the level of inventories is drawn down closer to minimum allowable levels, creating room for additional production," it said.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

“I don’t understand how they are going to do it. There’s no way to allow people to put money back in. You can’t contribute any more than the allowable amount in any one year.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 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