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deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military
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The permissible purposes for a 529 have recently expanded to allow up to $20,000 annually per beneficiary for K-12 tuition, tutoring, special needs therapies, nondegree credentialing programs and, sometimes, rollovers to Roth IRAs.
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Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Severe tactics to detain immigrants and condemn protesters become not only permissible but also advisable, according to advocates.
—Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Slavery had become ever more entrenched in America; this transformation had brought the fringe to the mainstream, made the unthinkable thinkable, the impermissible permissible.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Mosseri said that the company ultimately decided to not allow any digital effects that would encourage plastic surgery after debating what could be permissible given the advanced capabilities of modern-day makeup.
—Jonathan Vanian,stephen Desaulniers, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
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Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
Severe tactics to detain immigrants and condemn protesters become not only permissible but also advisable, according to advocates.
—Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Slavery had become ever more entrenched in America; this transformation had brought the fringe to the mainstream, made the unthinkable thinkable, the impermissible permissible.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Mosseri said that the company ultimately decided to not allow any digital effects that would encourage plastic surgery after debating what could be permissible given the advanced capabilities of modern-day makeup.
—Jonathan Vanian,stephen Desaulniers, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Permissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permissible. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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permissible
adjective
per·mis·si·ble
pər-ˈmis-ə-bəl 
: that may be permitted : allowable
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