be allowed

Example Sentences

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Only people with tickets to the game, Penn Station travelers, people who work nearby or those with valid reasons to be in the area will be allowed to enter the perimeter, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Postal Service may be allowed to play in processing such ballots.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

We argued that the government shouldn’t be allowed to punish American citizens while forbidding them from publicly disputing the accusations, aside from grave matters of national security.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

All people should be allowed to grow and change their minds, as Platner says he has done since his Reddit-posting days.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

The other complained too much about the physical hardships—demanding that he be allowed to sit in a chair and be carried for the last two hundred miles.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple