Allow and Pose

Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Pose and allow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pose" instead a verb "Allow".

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Pose verb - To set before the mind for consideration.

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Allow and pose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Pose".

Nearby Words: posed, poser, posing

people	allow people	pose people
control	allow control	pose control
amount	allow amount	pose amount
sort	allow sort	pose sort
Other words: chance, time, way, characters, anyone, women, powers, weapons.

A type of attack called a replay attack would allow a hacker to use a hashed password to pose as a real user.

Source: Highly Visible Password
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Crabbe and Goyle take the Polyjuice Potion many times to pose as first year girls, in order to allow Malfoy to repair the Vanishing Cabinet.

Source: Gender Bender
The audience may accept one or two contrived circumstances or instances of hyper-competent behavior that allow the villain to pose a threat.

Source: So You Want To / Avoid Writing A Mary Sue

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