as in acceptable
that may be permitted
international travel without a passport isn't allowable
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Recent Examples of allowable
If that number holds — and Republicans have full participation — Johnson’s cushion would jump from one allowable defection to three.
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
Premier League clubs can report losses of £105m over a three-year cycle, though there are ‘add-backs’ that are allowable under the calculations.
—Alex Brodie, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Sports facilities in the past have been deemed an allowable use.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2025
First, there’s cost data, which includes charge costs and allowable costs.
—Robert Gelb, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
Premier League clubs can report losses of £105m over a three-year cycle, though there are ‘add-backs’ that are allowable under the calculations.
—Alex Brodie, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Sports facilities in the past have been deemed an allowable use.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2025
First, there’s cost data, which includes charge costs and allowable costs.
—Robert Gelb, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowable
Adjective
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These complaints, however, are one in the same: a kind of abject judgment on what audiences deem as acceptable for a public figure.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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Ask yourself: Will your product need sub-second response times, or is several-second latency acceptable?—
Junyu Huang,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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But dig deeper, and evolutionary psychologists argue that gossip developed and has continually evolved to police morality in communities by letting people know what is permissible, applauded, or tolerated.—
Melissa A. Wheeler,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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But to fit in the Wichita flight without interrupting the flow of other traffic, the controller made a request that was permissible but atypical, according to the N.T.S.B.—
Kate Kelly,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Testifying would subject Combs to cross-examination and make his words admissible in more than 60 pending civil cases.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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The line led to an immediate objection by defense attorney Robert Alessi and became the last bit of testimony for the day — Judge Beverly J. Cannone dismissed the jury so that Alessi and Brennan could argue whether the line was admissible.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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The confrontation is the latest flashpoint in a growing legal and political battle over the Trump Administration’s immigration policies.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Several legal challenges to this practice are now pending in federal courts.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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“Allowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowable. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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