security clearance

noun

: special permission given only to people who are approved to know or see secret things

The documents are only available to people with security clearance from the government.

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In 2013, the RCMP began targeting two Canadians involved in large-scale trafficking of cocaine, one with connections to the Coast Guard and another with a security clearance at one of the country’s largest air force bases, according to court records. —

Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025 Citizenship was a necessary precursor for security clearance, a young marine from Mexico told me. —

Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024 Through SpaceX, Musk has earned a national security clearance that gives him access to certain classified information. —

T. Michelle Murphy, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024 Any extramarital relationship could also doom Kennedy’s ability to obtain a security clearance to serve in Trump’s cabinet, a top Republican political operative told Mediaite. —

Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for security clearance

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