How to Use permissible in a Sentence

permissible

adjective
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  • The ceiling of what’s permissible has yet to be reached.
    — Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 11 July 2022
  • Twenty-five is the youngest age permissible by the Constitution to hold a seat in the U.S. House.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The city law stated the dates in which the use of permissible consumer fireworks are allowed in the following: • May 4 through May 6.
    — Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2023
  • That's what the court said is not permissible under the second amendment.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
  • But track days or McLaren owner events are all permissible.
    — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The sale of permissible consumer fireworks is allowed: ​April 25 to May 6.
    — Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2022
  • There have been a couple of developments in the last day or two regarding what is and isn’t permissible with AI.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • But Murphy said that a poll, in which each Gates Mills Boulevard residence has one say, is permissible.
    — cleveland, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Tests have showed that levels in the water during the studied time period were 70-fold more than the permissible amount, according to the new study.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • That was only the most recent of high court cases involving the question of when prayer on public grounds is and isn’t permissible.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
  • And in the vacuum of knowing what the law is, there really is this race on both sides of this debate to define what is going to be permissible and what's not.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022
  • If all beings are worthy, then all count in the calculation of what is morally permissible – and what is not.
    — Kathleen Dean Moore, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Obtained by The New York Times, the memo interprets the scope and limits of permissible cooperation with the court.
    — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022
  • But since it is not considered permissible to have red on a blue background, according to heraldry, the red cross had to be bordered with white.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Dogma, ad hominem attacks, and hate speech were not permissible.
    — Jennifer Miller, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The maximum permissible full-spectrum content outlined in the 2018 US Farm Bill is adhered to with the utmost care.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • The total number of permissible contacts with the recruit was reduced by one.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
  • English laws focused on the maximum cost of permissible cloth, rather than the number of garments.
    — Ana María Velasco, Premium, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The two laws create confusion about what is and isn’t permissible, according to the lawsuit.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • What is not permissible is to capitalize the first word after a colon if what follows the colon is a fragment, not a complete sentence.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Aug. 2023
  • To rebid a five-card suit is permissible but not desirable.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Buying a bagel in L.A. is an exciting adventure and one of the few legally permissible ways to consume bread here.
    — Joanna Bradle, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Icons with a red slash through them indicate that either cutting or grinding is not permissible with that wheel.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The core legal question since 1973 – and especially with the case before the court – is what kind of restrictions should be permissible.
    — Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The permissible rent hikes have been so low and for a while, that didn’t matter as much, but now with inflation so high, expenses are exploding.
    — Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
  • But because this is happening after the start of the league year, when the interview window has closed, this type of coach-to-coach succession is permissible.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
  • In this war, there were no innocents, and because of the asymmetry in power between the West and Muslims, all means of warfare were permissible.
    — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Regular small clutches and purses are permissible but will need to be screened.
    — Kynala Phillips, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Offering commissions to buyer’s agents will still be permissible under the new policies, but those offers will no longer appear on the MLS.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
  • The honest answer is that both possible readings of the statute are equally permissible, which explains why the lower courts divided.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 14 June 2024

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