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allowed

[uh-loud] / əˈlaʊd /






ADJECTIVE
licensed
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST








Example Sentences

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Workers at a factory due to close in Oxfordshire are being allowed by their employer to help at a local food bank while production scales down.

From BBC

Troop deployments to Russia have also allowed North Korea to receive cash and possibly technical guidance on weapons and tactics.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new agency "is intended to respond to an increasingly unstable international situation, but it must not be allowed to unjustly infringe upon citizens' rights", the Mainichi Shimbun said in an editorial Friday.

From Barron's

The company said its controls have allowed thieves to be caught and brought to justice.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thomas P should never have allowed himself to get into this situation, the prosecutor said.

From BBC