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as in allows
to give permission to
my parents would not let me drive until I had a job and could pay for my own gas
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as in enables
to make able or possible
the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps
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as in tolerates
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference
they let their kids get away with murder
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as in obstacles
something that makes movement or progress difficult
artists are allowed to sell their goods in the public square without let or hindrance
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Recent Examples of lets
Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Google is offering paid Pro and Ultra subscribers access to technology that lets users ask natural-language questions directly in the Gmail search bar.
—Julia Doyle, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Miami Hurricanes’ star edge rusher lets his actions on the field do most of the talking for him.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Rich Gilmore, a Gelson’s vice president, said the cheese box launch lets the store reach people outside its walls.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
There’s just something about repackaging cinematic grandeur in a chintzy tech package that lets all the air out of the balloon.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
Other features in the works include Copilot Vision, which lets the AI analyze whatever appears on the desktop display, and Copilot Actions, which lets the AI perform tasks on your behalf.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 7 Jan. 2026
Both centrifuges are used to model intense gravity to compress time and scale in experiments – which essentially lets scientists simulate long-term or large-scale physical phenomena such as dam structural integrity, earthquake damage, landslides, nuclear waste storage and more.
—New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2026
This week, the Supreme Court itself sounded skeptical that the IEEPA emergency statute lets a president unilaterally tax the world.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Charlotte Observer, 26 Dec. 2025
The federal government’s permissiveness toward this form of betting lets platforms operate nationwide without following state laws or tax rates—a potentially lucrative proposition that has gained venture capital backing while angering states and tribal groups.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Leveraging Scholten’s experience with convertible cars, a folding or removable top lets in the sun and breeze.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2025
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The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl hosts the Oregon Ducks and the Indiana Hoosiers, and its free FanFest lets fans experience interactive activities such as punting, passing and kicking.
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Federal police chased and targeted people randomly in public places like stores, shopping center parking lets, a church lawn and a country club and at times aimed their weapons at people or threatened them.
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This capability allows users to capture ultra-high-resolution video while preserving fine detail.—
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The former allows the player to set beats-per-minute, beats per bar, select different rhythms and whether a sound beeps and/or the device vibrates to the beat.—
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Travis Johnson, who rents out 12 homes in Portsmouth, surprised his tenants by forgoing their rent in November and December.—
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White Pine Touring Center rents fat bikes (from $59).—
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This depth enables more accurate color reproduction across complex scenes.—
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An arbitration hearing enables the Royals and a player — including his agent and attorney — to have a panel of neutral arbitrators determine the value of the player’s contract for the coming season (in this case, 2026).—
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That setback forced a recalibration of priorities and reinforced the consequences of divided focus within a profession that tolerates little margin for error.—
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This slow-growing shrub tolerates shearing well; it can be sculpted into formal shapes.—
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Institutions were obstacles to be blamed or bypassed.—
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Ladders can help fish circumvent these obstacles, but learning to navigate them can take the animals days.—
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By February of the following year, single-family home construction permits in the overall metro increased by 179%.—
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The Vietnam War-era measure permits a president to launch military action in an emergency and then notify Congress within 48 hours.—
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Denver owns Winter Park, but the city leases it and does not operate the ski area.—
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An orthodontist leases the first floor, and John shares the second floor with an insurance agent.—
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In episode six, Max and Holly find the memory that Henry has been hiding from, and while Max kind of ignores it, Holly hangs back and watches how Henry is affected by having killed that man.—
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That demand ignores long-standing practice, misunderstands the Bears’ legal obligations and risks undermining one of Illinois’ most important economic assets.—
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“Lets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lets. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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