permission
noun
authorization granted to do something; formal consent.
permissions
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pluralof permission.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Muse engineers said the bot had exploited a permissions setting on his Mac computer he didn’t realize was applicable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
There are only human software engineers, product managers and corporate boards deciding which guardrails are worth the latency cost and which permissions can be skipped in the race to market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
But the immediate fixes are possibly more mundane: more landing stations, greater geographical diversity, faster permissions, protected cable routes and an Indian repair capability.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
According to Windward, an Iranian radio transmission warned all vessels in the area that any crossing without identification signals or Iranian permissions would be at their own risk.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
We had seen him just this morning in Santiago when we picked up our permissions.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
