permitting

Example Sentences

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The biggest source of anxiety, though, has been permitting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

The SunZia project faced a long road to completion with ownership changes, slow permitting processes and major redesigns since it was first conceived in 2006.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

The law leaves it up to cities to create policies for permitting and regulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Judge Winmill observed that the nation’s history and traditions recognized “a right to self-protection and self-preservation” permitting otherwise unlawful acts “when necessary to prevent harm to oneself or another.”

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

Verity is successful they’re sending a Lysander for me, at the field I found, on Sunday or Monday—all of it weather permitting and, of course, assuming we can collect the Rosalie.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein