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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Chancellor Rachel Reeves, it added, was "expected to publish a consultation on Permitted Development Rights to make it easier and cheaper for people without a driveway to charge".
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
Permitted a distanced visit earlier this month, she filled out an application for a mail-in ballot; a staff member helped her husband make the legally required mark.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2020
Anna Richardson, a producer and promoter who co-runs the London alternative comedy night Permitted Fruit, says it’s “not rocket science”.
From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2020
Permitted to join the D.A.’s office on an interim basis, Harris overhears a colleague wondering aloud about her failure.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 29, 2019
Permitted volunteers were licensed to move a nest or dig out a nest after the eggs had hatched, but they had to be supervised by her.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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