How to Use license plate in a Sentence

license plate

noun
Definition of license platenext
  • The license plate is designed to bring awareness to the plight of the Great Salt Lake and ways to save it.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • Police traced the truck’s license plate number to the Berea man.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • At about the same time, a witness called in with three digits from the truck's license plate.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Surveillance video caught images of the car — and its license plate — used in the heists.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The Washington Post used footage of the license plate from Fox 5 to link the vehicle to the tickets.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Outside, brake scoops replace the fog lights in front, and the rear license plate moves up from the bumper to the trunklid.
    — Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 30 Dec. 2022
  • By the time the two officers reached Nazario’s SUV, the license plate was visible in the rear.
    — Ben Finley, ajc, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The Ring Doorbell captured the entire chain of events and his license plate.
    — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022
  • There is no license plate on the car, but there is a Pittsburgh Penguins plate frame.
    — Sarah Portney, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Police said the license plate was not registered to the car.
    — Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The car's license plate was also pinged on a radar near Dallas, Texas.
    — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The woman was able to provide a description of the car and its license plate tags.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The woman gave police the man’s and his wife’s license plate numbers.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Martella said his client ran after the car to get the license plate number.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The caller began to describe the Kia SUV and its license plate number.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Boswell, the man alleged, was acting strangely, which spurred him to write down the license plate number of the truck.
    — Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The two go back and forth when the officer informs him his license plate missing − but as the two look to the bumper of the car, blood drips out of the trunk.
    — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Oh, and there’s a freaking cowboy on Wyoming’s license plates.
    — Allyson Reedy, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
  • What about the rest of the Wisconsin specialty license plates?
    — Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024
  • After running the license plate, deputies learned the SUV was stolen from a Victorville rental car business.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The detective saw the license plate number on the vehicle.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • He was released with a ticket for a missing license plate.
    — Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • In order for a new license plate to be made, a state lawmaker has to propose a bill that pitches the plate.
    — Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The driver left the scene, but a license plate was left behind, according to the affidavit.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
  • For months, out-of-state license plates, common in the neighborhood, drew second glances.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Museum staff were unable to get the car’s license plate.
    — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2022
  • States with the most specialty license plates The Old Line State loves license plates.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • How about a world-record-breaking $15 million license plate?
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Bring a hometown flag or license plate to hang on the ceiling — and bills, too, because Floyd's is cash-only.
    — Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2024
  • However, whether license plate recognition can reduce crime has been questioned.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2024

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