permissive
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“But certainly, they may have perceived there was a more permissive international environment” with a more distracted Washington, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The U.S. is a bit of an outlier in its permissive approach to youth indoor tanning.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
McArthur counters that the Scottish bill does not follow those "permissive and expansive models" but is instead modelled on stable, tightly-drawn laws in Australia and the US state of Oregon.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
But they were worried about permissive Western ideas changing Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Again, the Act is permissive as regards the action of the justices in causing the overseers to bring the lunatic before them, and calling in a medical man to their assistance.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack
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