- present participle of allow.
allowing
Example Sentences
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Meta’s lawyers sent Macmillan a letter soon after the book was announced, saying the company could be subject to defamation liability for not sharing an advance copy or allowing Meta to verify its fact-checking process.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
It was designed to stop electricity from leaking as transistors shrink to microscopic levels, ultimately allowing chips to become smaller, faster, and more efficient.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
But ditching the physical disc strikes a blow to secondhand markets like GameStop, allowing Take-Two to capture more profits, Griffin added.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
The media tribune is plush and enclosed, open windows allowing some of the atmosphere to drift in.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
They slid aside the complicated series of magnetic locks and pushed it open, allowing the diviner to enter.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
