clearance

Example Sentences

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While magical, these power-assisted portals are nothing but a pain, requiring several feet of side clearance to fully open.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Because of his earlier work with MI5, Joseph had security clearance up to "Developed Vetting" and he could access information "of the highest classification".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The three sites identified for clearance include a notorious dump in Bickershaw, near Wigan, which caught fire last summer, forcing schools nearby to close.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

This allowed them to closely observe how lecanemab interacts with human immune cells and promotes plaque clearance.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

I wish that those Seenicruisers would be discontinued; it would seem to me that their height violates some interstate highway statute regarding clearance in tunnels and so forth.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole