Example Sentences

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A Microsoft partnership with Nvidia is using AI to accelerate permitting and design, and to let developers virtually build the facility to identify potential issues before breaking ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Amid a major outcry from supporter groups and politicians, Fifa backed down, permitting fans to take in sealed, disposable water bottles after all.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

SpaceX has said that launch sites need to eventually be operated like airports, permitting several launches a day from a range of providers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The order stops short of mandating participation and explicitly bars the creation of any new licensing or permitting for AI models.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Then in China between the second and sixth centuries, paper, ink and printing with carved wooden blocks were all invented, permitting many copies of a work to be made and distributed.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan