permitted

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • May 20, 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

This is permitted under the agreement with the EU and would give the government a "blocking minority", allowing it to maintain influence over key energy security decisions.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

One historian on the Bergier Commission was permitted, briefly, to look at some of the Mengele files in 1999, and concluded that it was impossible to prove or disprove his presence on Swiss territory.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The agreement permitted Catholics to practice their faith, but it forbade activities that the Nazis considered to be functions of the state.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti