permitted

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Weiser’s office, working with California and others, recently challenged a big merger the Justice Department permitted: the combination of local-broadcast giants Nexstar and Tegna.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Ferrari's centre on the rules around extra development permitted to manufacturers who are assessed to be behind the best engine by specific amounts.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The company advised festival-goers travelling by train to only pack what they can comfortably carry and said luggage trolleys will not be permitted on services.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Governments should not be permitted to search broad groups of innocent people merely because technology makes doing so efficient.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

It was the greatest honor of his life that he was permitted to attend, though he did not know enough to know it.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell