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license

[lahy-suhns] / ˈlaɪ səns /




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Prosecutors allege she illegally performed abortions and practiced medicine without a license.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

They may also insist on being called by their Playa name, something like “Dirty Rizz,” even though their driver’s license identifies them as Derwin.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

She said she never provided her driver’s license and the agents only moved their vehicles and allowed her to leave after she called 911.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Describing him as "very dangerous", the judge added five years to his license period.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

When she reached 18, it was a commercial license; two years later, she also had a flight instructor rating and an instrument rating.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

It also added digital signature barcodes on driver’s licenses and identification cards as an added safeguard against identity fraud.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

State officials said a software error caused noncitizens to be mistakenly registered to vote when they applied for driver’s licenses and ID cards.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Major international oil firms including TotalEnergies have acquired licenses to explore for oil and gas reserves off the archipelago's shores.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

The bill replaced signature matching with stricter forms of verification, such as requiring mail-in voters to provide their driver’s license number or copies of licenses.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

But they held on to those little yellow cards as though they meant something—laid them gently in the shoe box along with the rent receipts, marriage licenses, and expired factory identification badges.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

It's a mammoth task: The vast majority of the city's 20,500 licensed food carts -- selling pretzels, peanuts and ice cream -- rely on generators to power stoves, freezers and ventilators.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Khara Croswaite Brindle, a licensed therapist and certified financial therapist, told MarketWatch that people don’t always think in terms of expected value, and can sometimes be risk-averse.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

The pill was discovered by Roche’s majority-owned Chugai Pharmaceutical and licensed to Lilly.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

There is a licensed vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, but it does not work against Bundibugyo.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

And because he was in Midtown Manhattan, there were major medical centers nearby, all licensed to do the latest in emergency cardiac care.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Netflix inked licensing deals in July with multiple media publishers for short-form video content as it seeks to compete with TikTok and YouTube.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

Due to the sentimental nature of the Chipmunks and the rocky licensing history, Bagdasarian and Karman have held tight to the IP, keeping the rodents off the big screen for more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Another concern is the licensing of basic cable TV channels, including CNN and HGTV, to pay-TV providers such as Charter’s Spectrum, DirecTV and Google’s YouTube TV.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Sony has pulled similar moves before: in 2023, the company deleted over 1,000 seasons of Discovery TV shows customers had purchased due to content licensing arrangements.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

A few weeks after Wayne Washington interviewed me, he called Gay to verify some facts and told her that he had copied the Mosses’ foster care licensing file.

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




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