driver's license
noun
: a license issued under governmental authority that permits the holder to operate a motor vehicle
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If the victims don't pay, the messages say they could be hit with additional fines, have their driver's license suspended or face other consequences.
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Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
The department has been aggressively going after states that handed out commercial driver's licenses to immigrants who shouldn't have qualified for them ever since a fatal crash in August.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Liu used her time away to do regular teenage things like get her driver's license, travel and enroll in college classes.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
That includes many married women who change their last names, whose names could be different on documents that prove their citizenship, such as a birth certificate, and their driver's license or other photo ID.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 16 Feb. 2026
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Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
The department has been aggressively going after states that handed out commercial driver's licenses to immigrants who shouldn't have qualified for them ever since a fatal crash in August.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Liu used her time away to do regular teenage things like get her driver's license, travel and enroll in college classes.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
That includes many married women who change their last names, whose names could be different on documents that prove their citizenship, such as a birth certificate, and their driver's license or other photo ID.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 16 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for driver's license
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“Driver's license.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driver%27s%20license. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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