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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Under customary international law, states are not generally permitted to charge tolls on straits used for international navigation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
With a blind trust, an appointed independent trustee has complete control, while the beneficiary isn’t permitted to offer any input or even know what’s being bought or sold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
On Monday, the German body assigned “Citizen Vigilante” a rating of 18 for theatrical distribution, meaning the film is permitted for ages 18 and up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
SaxaVord Spaceport said launch attempts would only be permitted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 16:00 and 20:00.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
And all these things were permitted by their military institutions and gave them a means of escaping hardships and dangers, as was mentioned.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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