licensing 1 of 2

noun

variants also licencing
Definition of licensingnext
as in license

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licensing

2 of 2

verb

variants also licencing
present participle of license
as in enabling
to give official or legal power to a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for licensing
  1. license
  2. enabling
  3. authorizing
  4. permission
  5. consent
  6. clearance
  7. sanction
  8. approval
Noun
  • One of the things that the world has learned so clearly about decarbonization is that there is no social license for decarbonization pathways that put upward pressure on consumer prices.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Trump, who had a gun license and talked about owning guns in the past, has lost his right to possess firearms.
    Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of license
Verb
  • An algorithm is a set of instructions enabling a computer program to put together different sources of information [data] and generate a result.
    Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This evolving alliance creates a complex and interactive threat environment, enabling these actors to exploit Western vulnerabilities, escalate strategic dilemmas, and impose severe costs.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of enabling
Verb
  • Fragments of the debates about authorizing the persecutions show courtiers much more concerned with policing ordinary life than their predecessors.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The debt limit is a relic of World War I, when Congress stopped authorizing individual instances of government borrowing and replaced them with a blanket authorization — up to a certain limit.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of authorizing
Noun
  • An asylum-seeker may be able to stay in the U.S. and receive permission to work while their case is pending, which requires them to show up for interviews.
    Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
  • TikTok’s Terms and Policies acknowledge that creators own their original content but grant TikTok and its user base a range of permissions (a license), including the right to access, modify, and share their content on third-party platforms.
    Veronica Ramirez, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of permission
Noun
  • Schreiber and Patterson’s appointments were also listed on the City Council’s consent agenda that night.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In one instance cited in the agency's consent order, Cash App instructed a customer who reported an unauthorized debit card to contact the person's bank, shirking its statutory duty to investigate possible incidents of fraud.
    Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of consent
Noun
  • City’s second came from a long ball too, though this was much more of a clearance from Nunes after a throw-in downfield.
    Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But Times environment reporter Alex Wigglesworth asked actual fire experts, who told her the landscape was so dry — thanks, climate change — and the winds were so bad that better brush clearance probably wouldn’t have helped much, if at all.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of clearance
Noun
  • Trump has named a number of China hard-liners among his Cabinet picks, including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., his nominee for secretary of state, who is under Chinese government sanctions over his criticism of the crackdown on dissent in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Iran may be forced to make compromises — like scaling back or dropping support for proxies — in exchange for sanctions relief.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of sanction
Noun
  • Biden’s approval of the controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska draws into question the country’s commitment to a transition to clean energy while there is still money to be made in fossil fuels.
    Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
  • While these numbers underscore real risks, implementing these warnings would require Congressional approval.
    Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of approval
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