permission
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“There is no societal permission for an AI future that hollows out entire industries,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
It says it discovered that 47 IP addresses owned by Meta — that is, digital identifiers of internet accounts — had downloaded its movies without permission.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
But there was no time to waste, so Avraamiy gave special permission to rescuers to touch them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
The Ghanaian government sought permission for him to enter the country briefly to take part in the game but that appeal was rejected at a federal court in Ottawa.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
Again and again throughout that second day she had to ask the impatient woman monitor at the head of our row for permission to go to the ditch that served as sanitary facility.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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