permissible

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In August 2025, however, the firm stepped way over the line of what is — or should be — permissible as an AI-generated service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

They did not dispute that sex-separated sports are generally permissible.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

The ED said Singh had been detained by the Uttar Pradesh state excise department in connection with the seizure of liquor exceeding permissible limits.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

"Until we have assurances, independent assurances, that any vehicle is able to perform all of the driving tasks, then it should not be permissible to be distracted behind the wheel."

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander