- present participle of permit.
permitting
Example Sentences
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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
Another thing about permitting reform: No one has ever discovered a way to make a joke involving the words permitting reform, and we’re not about to try.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
The gradual emergence of mazelike permitting processes further slowed more ambitious new refining projects, at least in some areas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Previously, infrastructure and resource development had really stalled out due to regulatory and permitting uncertainty,” said Robert Kwan, equity analyst at RBC Capital Markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
They stared at everything furtively, judgmentally, not wanting or permitting eye contact with others.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
