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
  • While most of its peers license titles to Hollywood studios that have experience making TV, Riot wanted to maintain full control.
    Cecilia D’Anastasio, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The Federal Aviation Administration only gave Jeff Bezos' company a launch license for the heavy-lift rocket on Friday, which was also when Blue Origin was able to finally perform a test hot fire of the rocket on the pad at Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 36.
    Richard Tribou Orlando Sentinel (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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
  • 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
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
  • The Journal Sentinel is using Samy's first name because his church community received permission from his family to partially identify him publicly, and River’s first name after it was confirmed with his father, who granted an interview via text message.
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The crash unfolded just before 9 a.m. local time on Sunday at the Muan International Airport after the air traffic control tower gave the flight crew permission to land on a south-to-north runway, according to an official timeline by the Korean Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of permission
Noun
  • Advertisement Another law sponsored by SAG-AFTRA, AB 1836, aims to prevent dead actors’ voices from being exploited by requiring a $10,000 fine for using their voice without consent from their estate.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The new Siri lawsuit alleges that Apple didn’t inform people they were regularly being recorded without consent.
    Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of consent
Noun
  • In 2023, at least 20 civilian aircraft flying through the Middle East were misled by their onboard GPS units into flying near Iranian airspace without clearance—situations that could have provoked an international incident.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The home goods retailer is offering up to 60% off products across every category at its end-of-year clearance event.
    Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of clearance
Noun
  • Georgian Dream officials have repeatedly downplayed the prospect of U.S. sanctions.
    Nana Sajaia, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • This has, among other things, entailed a rollback of sanctions on Syria's de facto new power broker.
    Paul du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of sanction
Noun
  • Most recently, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Adams' former top adviser, was charged with accepting bribes to expedite real estate approvals.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The coalition challenged the city’s approval of the single-family home.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of approval
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