let through
Britishverb
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The individual images were taken through filters that let through light of different colours, which were then combined into the final result presented here.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
Rumours that the crossing might open have led Gaza residents to travel to the border in the hope of being let through.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023
"We were looking for a better life," he said as he waited to be let through the border with his family.
From Reuters ● Mar. 22, 2023
Similar tunable devices already exist for visible light: so-called dynamic windows can switch from transparent to opaque to control the quantity of light they let through.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 27, 2023
“With the Wyrdmarks, I was able to open a portal into one of the realms of the Otherworld—and let through Elena, first queen of Adarlan.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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