Example Sentences

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“In nonpermissive environments, you have to be able to send a container that they won’t be able to look inside,” she explained.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2018

The British in particular heated up the atmosphere with lots of talk about "permissive" and "nonpermissive" environments, "softening up" and "invasion without consent."

From Time Magazine Archive