Example Sentences

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Around $30 billion in potential revenue this year is at stake as the company waits to see if Beijing will permit the sales.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

She must make her best guesses about whose history matters and wait to see what the history oracles will permit.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

As good as their offense can play, the reality remains that the Chargers will go only as far as their defense will permit.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

The economic claims amount is uncapped, which will permit other device users to apply for compensation.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2023

In barely audible Spanish, as if secret microphones or informers were all about, he whispered to his wife, "You will permit her to read that?"

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez