permit
verb (used with object)
to allow to do something.
are permitting
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present progressiveof permit.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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As he prepared to announce his candidacy in 2023, he proclaimed, “The censors are permitting me to talk to Americans again!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024
“But at the moment, they are permitting this virus to go out there, circulate and potentially expose even the vaccinated people.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
In states where government health officials are permitting sleepaway camps to operate, the camps are striving to create quarantine-like conditions, under which children and most staff members remain on the grounds throughout the summer.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2020
Faced with evidence of frailty in the American project, in the institutions and norms from which they have benefitted, some are permitting themselves to imagine failure.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 22, 2017
Oh! but Hiram, do you not see you are permitting an element of falsehood to creep in and leaven your whole nature?
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various
