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The phrase "allowed to press" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing permissions or rights to take action, such as pressing a button or making a decision.
Example: "You are allowed to press the button only when the light turns green."
Alternatives: "permitted to press" or "authorized to press".
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I've noticed some toddlers are allowed to press the buttons before they understand the consequences of pressing more than one.
McDonald's was allowed to press ahead with opening restaurants whilst it prepared its case for the Appeal Court.
The court said Johnson should be allowed to press on with his motion for post-conviction DNA testing.
You're not, for example, allowed to press down with your club to matt the grass behind the ball.
Lansley has been allowed to press on, mainly because few outside the NHS understand what he is talking about.
To date it has not been allowed to press ahead with negotiations because it is not yet deemed to have satisfied the political criteria for membership.
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I'm also keen, time allowing, to press on into the war territory of Lee's later volumes of autobiography, so let me know if there's demand for that.
The response lever was inserted into the chamber and the animals were allowed to lever-press during two-hour reinstatement tests in which responding was not reinforced.
Baylor never allowed Kentucky to press the way it normally likes to.
It also allowed Chile to press for testimony, offering the same deal as South Africa's truth commission.
We allowed them to press us and it unnerved us.
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