permitted
Americanadjective
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allowed or tolerated.
One lettuce contained a gene-mutating compound at over sixty times the permitted level.
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given permission to do something; authorized.
Some of the user-uploaded data should only be accessible to a permitted group of users.
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“This iconic event is no different than the various other White House-hosted events on the South Lawn and properly permitted events on the Ellipse and National Mall throughout the year.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
As part of his sentence, he was permitted to attend work during the day, whilst spending the night in his prison cell.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Perpetual futures, also called “perps,” let small investors take risky bets with much more leverage than would typically be permitted in traditional products.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
A national “positive list” of which animals citizens are legally permitted to keep as pets.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
Her lips widened into a skeletal smile as she said to me, "You, Sikander, have broken the most sacred law of Kurnugi. The living are not permitted in the netherworld."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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