licensing 1 of 2

variants also licencing

licensing

2 of 2

verb

variants also licencing
present participle of license

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for licensing
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
  • Those who are found to engage in this practice face a range of punishments, from fines to a letter of admonition to having their license revoked.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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
Noun
  • The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, declined to grant permission to appeal, blocking further appeals.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Volunteers must be 21 and consent to background check.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Other features like adjustable legs, zero clearance, and headboard brackets will help the frame fit into your space.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Homeowners in those zones, meanwhile, must maintain defensible space and conduct annual brush clearance.
    Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Should Chinese companies bypass sanctions and face stricter enforcement measures that eventually close these loopholes, Nvidia’s revenues could be affected.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • However, political instability and lingering sanctions from a 2023 military coup could slow progress.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Eliminating the Department requires congressional approval, which an executive order cannot bypass.
    Edward Conroy, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Both efforts ultimately failed to meet the 60% voter approval for passage.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Licensing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/licensing. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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