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unlicensed

[uhn-lahy-suhnst] / ʌnˈlaɪ sənst /






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City officials said they were less interested in actually collecting the taxes from unlicensed businesses, which would be difficult, and more in using it as a tool to go after them in court.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

That means “adult-use and unlicensed products remain firmly in Schedule I,” they wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

“Prediction markets, to the extent they facilitate unlicensed gambling, are illegal in Nevada, and we have a statutory duty to protect the public.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Nvidia’s advanced AI chips were placed under U.S. export controls by the Biden administration in October 2022, thereby restricting unlicensed sales to companies in China.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

The turning point came in 1940, when the Coast Guard started detecting new code signals coming from unlicensed wildcat stations like the ones the rumrunners had used.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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