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Recent Examples of allowable Once your application is submitted, the IRS reviews your income, assets and allowable expenses. —
Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 Political hyperbole lowers the threshold of what the public can imagine as legitimate, as allowable. —Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026 According to Crock-Pot’s brand site, the FDA specifies allowable amounts of lead, cadmium, and other substances, and its products meet or exceed those FDA requirements. —Callie Sumlin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026 Note that ManageEngine increases the number of allowable assets for the Enterprise edition versus the Professional one, given the same number of agents. —John Brandon, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for allowable
Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 Political hyperbole lowers the threshold of what the public can imagine as legitimate, as allowable. —Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026 According to Crock-Pot’s brand site, the FDA specifies allowable amounts of lead, cadmium, and other substances, and its products meet or exceed those FDA requirements. —Callie Sumlin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026 Note that ManageEngine increases the number of allowable assets for the Enterprise edition versus the Professional one, given the same number of agents. —John Brandon, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for allowable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowable
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Each press delivers an acceptable amount of tactile feedback and is pretty quiet, too.— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 18 Apr. 2026
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Downstream water districts warned Branden Ingersoll, a spokesman for the state health department’s Hazardous Materials Division, said the data show arsenic concentration in the water is acceptable for surface water but not for tap water.— Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
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Until 1979, all states had usury laws limiting permissible interest rates on transactions within their domain.— George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2026
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And Ben Ahlers, who plays the adult Happy, comes with that actor’s famously warm smile and chirpy demeanor, slowly worn down here before your eyes, as the permissible frolics of youth turn into the stasis of one going nowhere.— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
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In September 2025, Judge Mazzei ruled that evidence derived from cutting-edge DNA technology would be admissible at Heuermann’s trial.— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
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Webb was deposed by the plaintiffs last summer, and his testimony would still be admissible under the federal rules of civil procedure.— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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Each year in the US, there are nearly 500 arrests for filicide — the legal term for when parents kill their children — according to an analysis of FBI data by Forensic Science International.— Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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The Department of Buildings does not have the legal authority to change the law unilaterally.— Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Allowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/allowable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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