make allowance
Example Sentences
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"The welfare of the men is a priority, they will need time and support, and we hope and trust our media and community will make allowance for this."
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024
Alas, my plan to sort and cull my thousands of books — described last week in my Zippy Shell column — failed to make allowance for human nature.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2020
Hutton believes, plausibly enough, that popular notions of fairness do make allowance for luck.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
To make allowance for such inequities, Congress included so many exemptions and exceptions that no two accountants can agree on a company's EPT bill.
From Time Magazine Archive
To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
