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Most notably, they permit sex segregation in school athletics by sometimes requiring the creation of boys’ teams and girls’ teams.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

Aguilar, who had a permit to carry a concealed firearm, drew his gun, Flores testified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

“These approaches create a gap. Insurers often rely on standardized estimating software built on regional averages, while contractors price work based on current labor availability, material shortages, permit requirements, and real construction conditions.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

So an array of contractors built the wall out of stone and cobble in the dead of winter without a permit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

In March, Watt issued a construction permit, and a few weeks later, bulldozers, cranes, and cement mixers swarmed the site.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

During the conflict, Iran sought to assert its sovereignty over the strait, including by establishing the "Persian Gulf Strait Authority", which it said would manage "safe passage permits".

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Still, many require permits that are snapped up by for-profit leagues.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Developers often must seek approvals, permits and inspections from a dozen or more city agencies, such as the departments of Buildings, Environmental Protection and City Planning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The concept would probably face opposition from Altadenans who have rallied by the hundreds to oppose building permits for multiple homes on individual parcels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Everybody could remember those days when, even though they had lost much communal land, they had still been allowed permits to run cattle and sheep and goats galore in the National Forest.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

In some cases, however, it has permitted a physician on behalf of the family to attend the autopsy and provide a postmortem report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Barrett noted that the justices aren’t permitted to accept gifts from litigants before the court, and any gifts they do accept around $500, by statute, have to be reported on their financial disclosures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Under customary international law, states are not generally permitted to charge tolls on straits used for international navigation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

SaxaVord Spaceport said launch attempts would only be permitted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 16:00 and 20:00.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Howie Hubler lost more money than any single trader in the history of Wall Street—and yet he was permitted to keep the tens of millions of dollars he had made.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The judge noted that any exemption permitting the use of cannabis for religious purposes would require a sound constitutional and legal foundation.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Listening to other people in the neighborhood talk about their issues, permitting, going back and forth going to the permitting office. My wife and I didn’t have to deal with any of that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

For those scholars, permitting unlimited coordinated expenditures by parties may help to realize that goal.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

Housing reforms that increase supply, such as allowing smaller lots in new subdivisions, permitting duplexes, townhomes, and backyard cottages on existing lots, and changing zoning laws to allow housing nearer to jobs, are land-use issues.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Then in China between the second and sixth centuries, paper, ink and printing with carved wooden blocks were all invented, permitting many copies of a work to be made and distributed.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan