licensing 1 of 2

noun

variants also licencing
Definition of licensingnext
as in license

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licensing

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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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  1. license
  2. enabling
  3. authorizing
  4. permission
  5. consent
  6. clearance
  7. sanction
  8. approval
Noun
  • Raskin and McBath claimed that in the three years since the policy was implemented, about 0.3% of the nation's roughly 130,000 federal gun dealers had their licenses revoked.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • But Williams also takes an artist’s license to concoct the fantastical answers that are reflected in the paintings, sculptures and installations in this show.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of license
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • Even minor changes, like mounting shelves or hanging artwork, may require permission and must often be reversed upon moving out.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Defensive end Trey Hendrickson, meanwhile, is the team’s only great pass rusher on an already-iffy defense, and he’s actually been given permission to find a trade partner as he won’t be kept around long term.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of permission
Noun
  • Volunteers must be 21 and consent to background check.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The auction proceeded despite fierce opposition from thousands of artists, who have argued AI models of exploiting human creativity without consent.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of consent
Noun
  • Wait for official clearance before heading back and follow officials' safety precautions once allowed in.
    — CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
  • But Leny Yoro is anticipating the second ball and moving towards the likely destination of the clearance.
    — Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of clearance
Noun
  • This event launched a global drive for diversification, with gold emerging as a preferred asset due to its independence from political and economic sanctions.
    — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The Russian financial institutions that had been exempt from sanctions included Vnesheconombank, Bank Financial Corporation Otkritie, Sovcombank, Sberbank, VTB Bank, Alfa-Bank, Rosbank, Bank Zenit, Bank Saint-Petersburg and the Central Bank of Russia.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of sanction
Noun
  • Eliminating the Department requires congressional approval, which an executive order cannot bypass.
    — Edward Conroy, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The restart is subject to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of approval
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