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license

[lahy-suhns] / ˈlaɪ səns /




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It renegotiated their alliance last year and retains only a non-exclusive license on its technology until 2032 though is OpenAI's biggest shareholder.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Apple users can prove they are over 18 using a credit card, their passport, a driver's license or a government-issued ID.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Several council members voiced unease about proceeding without a better sense of the LAPD’s internal policy on license plate reader use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

But if Oman had formally pulled Hammami’s license over its concerns, it likely would have been flagged to the U.A.E., people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

I click on the first result: To spearfish in Bermuda, you need a spearfishing license.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Beijing says Overseas Chinese Service Centers help its nationals with administrative issues abroad, like renewing drivers licenses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

FTX and many other failed crypto platforms, like BlockFi and Voyager Digital, operated in the U.S. via subsidiaries with state money-transmitter licenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

If they fall foul of the required standards, the regulator would have the power to take their licenses away, the government added.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Existing pub owners worry that loosening the regime would wipe out the large sums of money they invested to obtain their licenses in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It would mean that the land would go right back to the way it was: commercial licenses and logging to private companies.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

The number of pedicabs authorized in New York is capped at 840 but, according to figures shared at a council hearing, around 1,500 are currently operating -- only 330 of which are licensed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Most of these medications are only licensed for children or adolescents older than this, but some doctors prescribe them off-label, and drug companies are testing them in children as young as six.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Guest: Sherry Turkle, licensed clinical psychologist and the founding director of MIT’s Initiative on Technology and Self.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Experience: Winston, a licensed architect and attorney, serves as Los Angeles’ deputy mayor of infrastructure and climate resilience under Mayor Karen Bass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I go, still feel a calling to act the teacher, though not licensed by the degree.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

The music group also said it notified the defendants on Aug. 17 of “the material musical similarities” but that the defendants “continued reproducing, distributing, licensing, publicly performing and commercially exploiting” Dean’s “I’ve Seen It.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Brussels also wanted "a system of export licensing for rare earths and other products" after major producer China introduced restrictions on them last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Since then, AI has passed bar exams and medical licensing exams, which says more about these outdated tests than the inadequacy of humans, perhaps a sign of an antiquated education system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

It introduced a licensing system in 2023 that allows approved platforms to serve individual investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I’m shocked at how many red flags their licensing workers overlooked.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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