license plate
noun
: a plate or tag (as of metal) attesting that a license has been secured and usually bearing a registration number
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The suspect loaded the sprayer into a white GMC Yukon with California license plate 8TRSS321 and left the area, authorities said.
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Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Over the next day, the suspect returned to Massachusetts and switched the license plates of the rental car during his time there to an unregistered plate from Maine.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
Neves Valente had already switched license plates once, according to authorities.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025
Those cameras track license plates and other vehicle details.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
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Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Over the next day, the suspect returned to Massachusetts and switched the license plates of the rental car during his time there to an unregistered plate from Maine.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
Neves Valente had already switched license plates once, according to authorities.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025
Those cameras track license plates and other vehicle details.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for license plate
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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