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banned, barred, forbidden, impermissible, inadmissible, interdicted, prohibited, proscribed, verboten
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Cano’s lawyer sought at trial to suppress the information obtained from the extensive examination, but a district judge ruled the search was permissible under a border exception to the 4th Amendment’s requirement of warrants. — Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times, "Ruling limits border agents’ ability to search cellphones," 16 Aug. 2019 The Colorado Court of Appeals and a district court have found the ban is permissible under the state Constitution. — Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, "Colorado attorney general argues for ban on large-capacity gun magazines," 13 Aug. 2019 In rural areas, second children were permissible at least five years after the first, but they were nonetheless actively discouraged, and local officials used threats and force to do so. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "“One Child Nation,” Reviewed: A Powerful Investigation of a Chinese Policy’s Personal Toll," 9 Aug. 2019 The other was for an assistant contacting a recruit outside of the permissible periods. — Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al.com, "Alabama reported 16 minor NCAA violations last year," 5 July 2019 Almost any style of house is permissible; local architectural character is nonexistent. — Jared Diamond, National Geographic, "How the pros and cons of city living vary around the world," 22 June 2019 In April, Consumer Reports found Peñafiel samples contained nearly double the legally permissible amount of arsenic under FDA guidelines. — Dallas News, "High arsenic levels found in bottled water brands owned by Keurig Dr Pepper and Whole Foods," 20 June 2019 The permissible items typically are ground fireworks, such as spinners that emit sparks but don't explode. — Perry Vandell, azcentral, "Here's where you can use fireworks in Arizona," 27 June 2019 Some researchers have pointed out that graduate student unions don’t seem to have harmed the public universities that allow them (such unions, which are permissible in many states, would not be affected by the federal government’s decision). — Tyler Cowen, Twin Cities, "Tyler Cowen: Keep unions away from graduate students at private universities," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'permissible.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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