license
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A license plate circulated on chat networks, and agents later swapped it out.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Prosecutors allege she illegally performed abortions and practiced medicine without a license.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Beijing has encouraged chip companies, including Huawei, to license their workarounds and technology so that they could learn from each other, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
District Court of Maine, alleging that federal agents are using facial recognition and license plate readers to surveil and threaten legal observers in the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“The license and insurance stuff. I can’t start this new job until I submit those documents.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The state said a software error led to noncitizens being mistakenly registered to vote when they applied for driver’s licenses and ID cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 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
Content Partners owns or licenses more than 800 films and more than 3,000 hours of television content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
She was not there, but in a corner sat Russell, the young man who had been campaigning around the village, begging the Eskimos to vote “No” on requests for liquor licenses by the local restaurants.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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But the eel still returns to places like Lough Neagh, where licensed fishermen like Gary Erlain can earn up to 80% of their income from them.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
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
Whitney Goodman, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Tampa, Fla., takes the patient’s lead when considering estrangement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
This type of search will be performed by a licensed medical staff.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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The company said it had seen a drop in revenue from licensing video games, against a "challenging" backdrop for the industry, and two previous partners had ended their deals to make Warhammer-inspired titles.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
For now, America operates a de facto frontier-AI licensing regime with no statute, published standard or appeal process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
In their complaint, the 12 states claim the combined company would control roughly 27 percent of wide-release theatrical film distribution and a similar percentage of basic cable channel licensing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Education experts said one possible response to such a scenario is for state legislatures that set licensing requirements to decide some occupations — like barbers and stylists — actually need less training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“I wonder if we still could get hold of that licensing file or if it has gone missing.”
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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