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deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military
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This type of activity would be permissible under current NIL rules but wasn’t allowed at the time.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Set firm expectations around what is and isn't permissible if employees choose to discuss politics in the office.
—Chelsea C. Williams, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Being giddy over the Lightning’s transformation is permissible.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
The controversies cost the leaders of several Ivy League universities their jobs, and resulted in many universities changing their rules around permissible campus activity and introducing new disciplinary measures in an apparent bid to prevent further such protests from taking place.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Set firm expectations around what is and isn't permissible if employees choose to discuss politics in the office.
—Chelsea C. Williams, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Being giddy over the Lightning’s transformation is permissible.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
The controversies cost the leaders of several Ivy League universities their jobs, and resulted in many universities changing their rules around permissible campus activity and introducing new disciplinary measures in an apparent bid to prevent further such protests from taking place.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Permissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permissible. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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permissible
adjective
per·mis·si·ble
pər-ˈmis-ə-bəl 
: that may be permitted : allowable
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