vanity plate
noun
: a license plate bearing letters or numbers designated by the owner of the vehicle
called also vanity license plate
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From the Great Pyramid of Giza to Mount Rushmore, from vanity plates on vintage cars to your mother’s charm bracelet collected on family vacations, each is a testament to the human need to remember, to be remembered, and to announce ourselves to the world.
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Brett Braley, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Her friends, family 'fully support' decision CT DMV rejected nearly 400 vanity plate requests last year.
—Jessica Hill, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
And that is very apparent with the mass of production vanity plates prior to an opening shot (indeed, these international co-production methods are how worthy films are typically made).
—David Katz, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
The son of the Cybertruck's owner said the DMV approved the vanity plates, and said that the wording on the plates was in Tagalog, not a joke about the October 7 attack.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Brett Braley, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
Her friends, family 'fully support' decision CT DMV rejected nearly 400 vanity plate requests last year.
—Jessica Hill, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
And that is very apparent with the mass of production vanity plates prior to an opening shot (indeed, these international co-production methods are how worthy films are typically made).
—David Katz, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
The son of the Cybertruck's owner said the DMV approved the vanity plates, and said that the wording on the plates was in Tagalog, not a joke about the October 7 attack.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Vanity plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanity%20plate. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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