license
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If your kid would rather get a welding certification or a commercial driver’s license than sit in a university lecture hall, the account can still help, as long as the program qualifies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Instead, two years ago, it took the seat vacated by one of the sport’s undisputed greats—a hell-for-leather, seven-time world champion—and handed it to a teenager who didn’t even have a driver’s license.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The bill includes a provision for exploring potential compensation for license holders, Menin said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
An e-motorcycle can be driven without a license if operated on private property or in off-road-vehicle areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Daniel had his learner’s permit, which burned me, but Sarah had her driver’s license, which killed Daniel.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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Marissa Rodriguez said she wasn’t aware of the web of licenses and city permits she would have to obtain before she could open her wine shop in Studio City, Dia Natural Wine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Their driver’s licenses were no longer valid, so they needed transportation, and help getting kids to and from school.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Diamond notes that American sports franchises are “permanent, protected, revenue-shared monopoly licenses in a defined territory, sold once and never reissued.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
This showed that on 6 September this year a total of 1,754 entire flats or houses had the relevant licenses.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
They’ll all have to go out and get their drivers’ licenses changed.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Entrepreneur Ben Cooper made it a lot easier for people to get into character—by making licensed costumes a big business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Winston said he is currently licensed to practice architecture but doesn’t practice day to day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Of these, 117 relate to licensed STLs and the remaining 212 are for unlicensed properties.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“The question parents are asking after Cornell is really how to raise a boy who will take the risk and leave the room,” says Diana Chu, a licensed marriage and family therapist.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
“If you’re certified and licensed, nobody can take that away from you.”
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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Homeboy is expected to be the first of many local partners to ink licensing deals to use the local Olympic committee’s symbol — LA28 and the Olympic rings — on their products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
There are different licensing requirements depending on whether you are letting out a spare room or an entire property on a permanent basis.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Roche Holding ROP -0.03%decrease; red down pointing triangle entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement with China’s Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group, in a deal that could exceed $15 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Living Rent and Leith Harbour & Newhaven Community Council carried out an analysis of the publicly available planning and licensing documentation.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Because Sony bought transistor licensing rights from Western Electric at a time when the American electronics consumer industry was churning out vacuum tube models and reluctant to compete with its own products.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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