variants
also licencing
as in license
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variants
also licencing
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
Noun
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Greece announced a freeze in 2025 on licenses for new short-term rentals in the center of Athens, which has become unaffordable for many Greeks, who moved away after buildings were converted in recent years to accommodate tourists.—
Liz Alderman,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Imports, exports, commercial fishing, mining, drilling, manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages, operation of planes and trucks, and broadcast licenses for media outlets, to name a few, require some sort of federal permit.—
Byron Tau,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Watch for housing design to evolve in ways that bring students together as opposed to enabling them to stay apart.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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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
Verb
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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
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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
Noun
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Ukraine now has permission to use the American ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles against military targets in Russia.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Law enforcement only has permission to access two other online databases: GEDmatch and FamilyTreeDNA.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Houston Astros officially announced the trade of relief pitcher Ryan Pressly to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, days after Pressly gave his consent for the deal.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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This is the seventh consent order closed by the bank’s regulators since 2019, Wells Fargo said.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Revoking the clearances for the signatories of the ‘Hunter Biden letter’ is a penalty that was richly and justly deserved.—
Jeffrey Blehar,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement The loss of such clearances can be costly for former officials who work for defense contractors and require ongoing access to classified information to do their private sector jobs.—
Byron Tau,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The South American nation backed down from a confrontation over the deportation flights after Trump threatened to impose tough tariffs and other sanctions.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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What to Know: Trump initially imposed 25% emergency tariffs and other sanctions in response to Colombia rejecting U.S. deportation flights.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Washington — Senate Republicans are trudging through the process to confirm President Trump's picks for his Cabinet and top administration posts, facing delays by Democrats who are pushing back on their speedy approval.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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With approval from the groom's mother, the table was saved for her family.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Licensing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/licensing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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