permitted

Example Sentences

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Each astronaut is permitted two flavored beverages a day, including coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Some churches around the Anglican world have long permitted women bishops, with the first appointed in the United States in 1989.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

That guy wasn’t a permitted camper, insisted Gil.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Jurors heard she was permitted to hold her son's hand when his life support was withdrawn, and was heard to say: "I should have protected you."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

He had kept mother and child in the hospital longer than permitted already because she had nowhere else to go.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom