How to Use allowable in a Sentence
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Fuentes used the crop more than six times, the allowable limit.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
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The change would mean an increase in the allowable amount of mold and yeast for one lab and a decrease for the other.
—Ginny Monk, courant.com, 2 Apr. 2022
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When those masks cannot be used, a cloth mask is allowable.
—Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2022
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The horse had more than the allowable level of 2.5 ng/ml in his system.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2019
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This was allowable because one of the theater’s board members is a friend of one of the writers of the show.
—Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 26 Oct. 2021
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When the bill got back over to the House, Howell had to make a ruling on whether the changes were germane, or allowable.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
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The allowable amount is set by the PSC but is not guaranteed.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
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In the Atlantic League, the maximum allowable salary is $3,000 a month.
—Noah Gittell Hiroko Masuike, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
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Rispoli used the riding crop more than six times, the allowable limit.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
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In the first years that the law was in effect, the total allowable increase hovered between 5.7% and 9%.
—Liam Dillonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
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Once, the asbestos level was more than five times the allowable limit.
—Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2022
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Image To make the most of the allowable space, the house is designed as efficiently as a ship.
—Tim McKeough, New York Times, 19 June 2018
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Two arm tugging a dude down in the box is allowable according to @PROreferees.
—Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2021
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The league gave them six primetime games, the maximum allowable, whereas the Rams got two.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
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The $4,000 contempt fine was the maximum allowable by law.
—Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
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What types of expenses are allowable and which are not?
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
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The measure failed to pass the board due to a disagreement over what number should be set for the allowable amount of PFAS in groundwater.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
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His lawyers argued last week that those acts were allowable under the speech and debate clause.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2019
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The owner of the lot, Guardian Real Estate Services, asked the council to go even further, raising the allowable height to 200 feet on the west side of the site.
—Elliot Njus, OregonLive.com, 22 Mar. 2018
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The season opened and the total allowable harvest went from 45 million pounds to 5.5 million pounds.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022
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That was what showed a near-complete stock collapse and a nearly 90% cut in the total allowable catch for last season.
—Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2022
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The time couldn’t be considered for the section record because the wind, at 2.1 meters-per-second, was just over the allowable 2.0.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
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But the wind was measured in excess of allowable limits.
—Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
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Miller said there are allowable quantities for certain things that can be put in those rooms.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
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Miller said there are allowable quantities for certain things that can be put in those rooms.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
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Alabama’s is less than half that at $7.25, the lowest allowable by law.
—David Sher, al, 13 Dec. 2020
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Adding many more drivers to the Uber platform would push that time below allowable limits.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2023
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Both won on their second try (which is allowable under ACM rules).
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2021
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The amount of lead detected in those products were more than 2,000 times higher than the FDA's maximum allowable limit.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
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The lead levels in those products were reportedly more than 2,000 times the FDA's maximum allowable limit.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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