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.
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Rivera told The Times that he entered the U.S. in 2023 through an asylum process, has a work permit and checks in with ICE once a month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
His theoretical analysis identified an additional constraint on the values of fundamental physical constants: They must permit liquids to move in ways that support life within and between cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
ZedPay’s Iranian CEO, Mehdi Rezazadeh, who had a Turkish work permit, held a personal Binance account, as did 10 of his employees and associates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The regulator has determined this meant EET Fuels broke its permit conditions 58 times over the two-year period - which could amount to an illegal offence.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Hope there’s no repeat of the recent carnival fainting incident—Courtney’s certainly too heavy for me to lift, and I only have a learner’s permit, so I couldn’t drive us back.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
Many who hadn’t lost a house couldn’t imagine surviving a grueling six-year fight with an insurance company for money and the city for permits — let alone twice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Building permits provide an early indication of construction activity in Canada and are based on a survey of 2,400 municipalities, representing 95% of the country’s population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Data centres are built through very local rules and permits, meaning federal lawmakers like US senators have little say in the process.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The UAE is a big hub for data-center investment, but projects there have their own challenges, including reliable power, cooling, water availability, connectivity, building permits and the economics of the data center in question.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Although the Food and Drug Administration permits no residues of pesticides in milk, its restrictions are not only inadequately policed but they apply solely to interstate shipments.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
In need of money, he probably used it as security for a loan in 1348 from Muscho, a moneylender, one of the few occupations then permitted for Jews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Used as an estimation of casualties — just put a number in front, “20 NAZA”— it suggests a battle calculation that has permitted the detachment of moral consquences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Crucially, the tokens permitted by the SEC exemptions will carry the same shareholder rights granted to investors in traditional stocks, including dividend payouts and proxy votes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
But reports from the EA into activities at the refinery, uncovered by environmental journalists SourceMaterial, show that in 2023 and 2024 the permitted levels for chemical releases were exceeded hundreds of times.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Kids could have a phone in their lockers but were not permitted to carry them around, and they definitely could not have them in class.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
This is a major departure from the historic standard of net realized gains — thus, permitting managers to pocket performance fees on temporary highs that may vanish the next year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Oracle is trying to delay making full lease payments on a huge data-center facility in New Mexico amid power and permitting issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
If a judge faults an environmental review, agencies could correct the purported lapse rather than restart the permitting process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
York Minster charges £20 for general admission tickets and under-18s can accompany paying adults for free, while St Paul's Cathedral in London charges a £26 fee for tourist visits, while permitting service attendees free entry.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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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