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[lahy-suhns] / ˈlaɪ səns /




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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

The U.S. company wanted to get a license to import a half-finished piece of equipment from the Russian company, with the goal of exporting a geyser of gas from beneath Alaska’s North Slope.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The bill includes a provision for exploring potential compensation for license holders, Menin said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Unlike an e-bicycle, the e-motorcycle requires a valid motorcycle license to use on the street, including a DMV registration, a license plate, insurance and full motorcycle equipment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Look. His driver’s license expired six years ago. He probably doesn’t even live there anymore. Truth is, we don’t know who he is or what he does, or even if he has a family.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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Their driver’s licenses were no longer valid, so they needed transportation, and help getting kids to and from school.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

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

Verizon and AT&T may also be interested in some of those licenses, which altogether are valued at $11.3 billion, according to Petti.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the case of the king, he makes a particular kind of choice of expert, in that he licenses people to practice—above all, in Hobbes’s world, he licenses the clergy to preach.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

Living Rent's analysis shows 465 of the licensed full property STLs have withdrawn a planning application once, with 110 having withdrawn more than one application.

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

The University of Michigan holds the patent for the compound and has licensed it to Diapin Therapeutics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Since it was against the law for private cars to charge fares like licensed taxis, the network would be paid for by donations collected at the mass meetings.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

Other businesses and nonprofits interested in the licensing program must apply through the Regional Alliance Marketplace for Procurement at RAMPLA.org, between Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

City of Edinburgh Council said its licensing policy was helping make sure holiday lets were safe and properly regulated.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Roche Holding entered 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

Chas Booth is a Scottish Green Party councillor in Leith who sits on both the licensing and planning committees.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

He caught a train for Chicago but quickly found that he could not work as a druggist in Illinois until he passed a licensing examination in the state capital in Springfield.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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