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permission

[per-mish-uhn] / pərˈmɪʃ ən /


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Plans for such a facility were withdrawn in 2024 after London Mayor Sadiq Khan refused to grant it planning permission.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is seeking permission to deploy nearly 52,000 satellites capable of handling AI computing into orbit.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

If you give an adviser power of attorney to make trades and don’t like it, you should always be able to rescind that permission.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

He said the museum also wants the records, which aren’t yet available online, to be openly accessible once digitized, though it would only do so with Congo’s permission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

She is the name Mom wrote on the field trip permission form.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko