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  • past participle of allow.
  • past tense form of allow.
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allowed

[uh-loud] / əˈlaʊd /






ADJECTIVE
licensed
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST








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Only two power banks per person are allowed on a flight, and they can never be charged onboard.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

I don’t think I would be who I was if I didn’t show some tenderness towards those spaces that made me, or at least allowed me to see myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Hawaiians were finally allowed to get permits to carry concealed weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

This technology allowed the team to isolate the nucleus of individual cells within tumor tissue and determine which genes were active in each cell.

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

With the support of his new grandparents, he allowed himself to finally start saying goodbye to Grandma, the first of many steps in a world, in a life, without her physical presence.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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