permitted

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BlueCruise also permitted excessive speeding in a work zone, which was likely to blame in the Pennsylvania incident, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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

Beyond the vibrations, Honda's power-unit is down on power from both the internal combustion engine and electrical system, which can neither recover nor deploy energy at the full permitted 350kW rate.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The wound proved to be incurable and finally Zeus permitted Chiron to die rather than live forever in pain.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton