permit
Usage
What are other ways to say permit?
Both verbs that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, permit and allow are often interchangeable, but permit is the more positive of the two. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit.
Example Sentences
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Councilmember Heather Hutt, who represents Jefferson Park, said times have changed as she called for the Murphy drill site’s permit to be revoked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Currently, the city is considering directly revoking only one other oil permit, for the Broadway drill site downtown, where residents have waited nearly 3 years for a decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
We watch this distrust play out in city council meetings and permit hearings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a construction permit for a new reactor designed by GE Vernova and Hitachi.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Fischer, on the advice of the RJF Committee, wrote to Iceland’s foreign minister, David Oddsson, and requested a residence permit, which was forwarded to him immediately.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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“We requested field use, received permits, paid the associated fees, communicated with city staff, and responded to concerns when they were brought to our attention,” he wrote in an email to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
That demand followed a call by the mayor of Ithaca, Cornell’s hometown, for a moratorium on student-event permits due to the school’s “appalling response” to the allegations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
That distinction could prove significant when lawyers examine exactly what Joshua's contract permits.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
No site has been selected and no permits have been issued.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
She keeps an honest, one price house, sells no hard liquor, and permits no loud or vulgar talk in her house.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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Opponents say the proposition’s vague wording could result in vital services being excluded from the list of program expenses permitted in the 90% of revenues, prompting clinics to cut programs to avoid financial penalties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Members of the Orange Order are still waiting to begin their permitted parade, which was due to take place on Sunday, and walk down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
It wasn’t until after the Soviet collapse in 1991 that the newly independent Ukraine permitted Polish archaeologists to conduct exhumations in Volhynia to reveal the extent of the slaughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
“For the last three years, a permitted block closure in the center of our general footprint turns into a fun street party with three musical stages,” said Gould, a co-organizer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
“It’s rude, of course, but you’re permitted to ask. I wasn’t born with it. Hunting accident. Just before I was scheduled to leave for the front.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Another thing about permitting reform: No one has ever discovered a way to make a joke involving the words permitting reform, and we’re not about to try.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
The gradual emergence of mazelike permitting processes further slowed more ambitious new refining projects, at least in some areas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
“But we also need a predictable, durable permitting framework that allows all projects to move forward in a timely way so we can keep adding affordable power to the grid.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The Order then submitted a fresh application, leading to Friday's decision permitting the restricted procession.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Then, feeling reckless, she composed an e-mail to Obinze and, without permitting herself to reread it, she sent it off.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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