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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The squad are permitted to fly in and out of the country from Tijuana in Mexico within 24 hours for each match - but this has yet to be tested.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
A national “positive list” of which animals citizens are legally permitted to keep as pets.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
One possibility is a credit line from Qatar, collateralized by the Iranian revenue sitting in the country, if such a maneuver were permitted by the Trump administration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Plaintiffs Randall and Candy Renick, whose Altadena home was damaged, said they were charged nearly three times the maximum permitted rate for nearly 10 months.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Since no visiting was permitted in the hospital, relatives of patients often took this way of getting inside.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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