allowed
Americanadjective
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permitted or authorized.
In chess, there are only 64 squares with 16 pieces and very specific allowed moves.
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Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers, permitted by the selection rules.
allowed transition.
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Its operations released lead dust across Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Commerce and Maywood while the state allowed the plant to operate for decades with a temporary permit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
But as the vestiges of normal life crumbled around him, he allowed its boundaries to dissolve and found a way to survive, physically and mentally, in a parallel world of his own creation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
During his time in remand custody at Dar es Salaam's Ukonga Prison, Lissu went on hunger strike twice for brief periods when he said he was not allowed access to his lawyers or relatives.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
These additions allowed them to simulate how magnetized stars change over time, beginning with the main-sequence stage, when stars generate energy by fusing hydrogen into helium.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Shouting was not allowed; every believer knew the spirits needed a calm atmosphere.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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