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permission

[per-mish-uhn] / pərˈmɪʃ ən /


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Around the same time, the sanctions bill named after late Sen. Lindsey Graham was making its way through Congress and threatened to make it even harder for Polar to get permission to transact with Novatek.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Starting in 1917, the state became one of the first to require trucking companies to get regulatory permission to enter the delivery market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Investigators said at the time that more than 25 songs had been played or distributed online without permission from Eminem or the group that owns his music, Capitol Labels Group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

They eventually received permission to carry out their experiment on-site at Anthropic’s offices using an internal, unreleased Claude Science research model.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

She and Frank’s parents had gotten permission to come to Moscow to attend the trial.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Though the hotel’s owners eventually got the city permissions they needed, Attias said, a partnership with other hoteliers dissolved and the Clark went to the back burner again, as did the Embassy Auditorium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Agents need a “distinct identity and permissions that are separate from the user,” Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft’s executive vice president of Windows and Devices, said during the launch event.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

The more agents a company puts into production, the greater the danger of what BCG calls agent sprawl, with duplicate agents, conflicting permissions and unclear ownership among other issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Under these new guidelines, any contributor, including freelancers, living outside the three specified cities would require NOC permissions to cover a story.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

He was sitting at the dining table with his laptop open, sorting through school forms and gymnastics permissions slips for Adria and me.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles


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