permission
Example Sentences
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I don’t want to be the one to draw the boundary — I need their permission to draw a boundary between us.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
The authority refused to give planning permission for a three-bedroom log cabin on the field in February.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
In written submissions, Richard Harwood KC, for Juliet Chambers, said the granting of planning permission was "unlawful".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Section 122 grants that temporary permission whenever fundamental international payments problems require “special import measures to restrict imports to deal with large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits.”
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
I asked the mother’s permission to borrow the infant: the little thing weighed hardly anything in my arms.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Send a Message: Mit and Miss
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The Titan's Curse
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