vanity plate

noun

: a license plate bearing letters or numbers designated by the owner of the vehicle

called also vanity license plate

Examples of vanity plate in a Sentence

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The stickers are not there to make a pretty neon border around your WADE 4 MVP vanity plate. Noel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024 Beyond the specific portrait of the man identified by his vanity plates as DJT (Sebastian Stan) and the barracuda who took him under his wing, Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the movie takes a broader view of the corruption of the American soul. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024 In January, North Carolina decided to allow more LGBTQ+ phrases on vanity plates. Margery A. Beck, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023 But one of the interesting facts in the book is how Jordan, just a few years younger, idolized Magic Johnson, going so far as to coin his own nickname, Magic Mike, and put it on the vanity plate of his car. Thomas Beller, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for vanity plate 

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vanity plate was in 1966

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“Vanity plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanity%20plate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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