clearance

Example Sentences

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Friday’s Justice Department clearance should remove some of the risk, but it may not eliminate all of it.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

In the wake of that dispute, the Pentagon severed its contracts with the company, whose AI tools had been the only ones to hold defense security clearance.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

It is a wonderful concept, a place where families can find affordable souvenirs without limiting the kids to a clearance rack.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

At first, doctors were worried cabin pressure could cause a blood vessel to burst, but have now given Olivia clearance to fly home.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 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