as in prohibited
that may not be permitted
trial juries must be able to discern the difference between a permissible inference and impermissible speculation
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Recent Examples of impermissible
The Tennessee/Pruitt recruiting scandal from a few years ago involved $60,000 in impermissible benefits spread across 39 athletes or their families.
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Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
And the league has investigated other, potentially impermissible benefits ranging from chartered flights to marketing deals.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2024
The agency is launching with Clemson after a previous marketing venture with the University of South Carolina was deemed impermissible by the NCAA in late 2022.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
But if it is ruled impermissible, GOP lawmakers will be back at the drawing board for how to make the tax cut extension permanent.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 25 Mar. 2025
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Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
And the league has investigated other, potentially impermissible benefits ranging from chartered flights to marketing deals.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2024
The agency is launching with Clemson after a previous marketing venture with the University of South Carolina was deemed impermissible by the NCAA in late 2022.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
But if it is ruled impermissible, GOP lawmakers will be back at the drawing board for how to make the tax cut extension permanent.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impermissible
Adjective
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The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.—
Erica Kasper,
WIRED,
21 Aug. 2024
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Interpretations of the Torah, as well as associations with the Holocaust, have led tattoos to long be considered forbidden or taboo within Judaism, though contemporary attitudes towards it have somewhat shifted.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Thompson, Ha and Brownell also say that Season 4 will dive much more into the Regency era’s upstairs-downstairs class politics than previous seasons, due to Sophie being of a lower class than Benedict and the Bridgerton family, as well as the fairytale and forbidden love tropes.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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