security clearance
noun
: special permission given only to people who are approved to know or see secret things
The documents are only available to people with security clearance from the government.
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At the time, Wei was a petty officer who held a security clearance and worked as a machinist’s mate aboard the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors said Lee, who has a top secret security clearance, sent technical information on the M1A2 Abrams tank and offered his assistance to the Russian Federation in an exchange online in May.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2025
One bill, the Taxpayer Data Protection Act, would prohibit people with financial conflicts of interest and without proper security clearance from accessing the Department of the Treasury's central payment system.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
In the Caceres incident, a man in civilian clothes with proximity to uniformed operations in a secure area suggests someone with a high security clearance.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors said Lee, who has a top secret security clearance, sent technical information on the M1A2 Abrams tank and offered his assistance to the Russian Federation in an exchange online in May.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2025
One bill, the Taxpayer Data Protection Act, would prohibit people with financial conflicts of interest and without proper security clearance from accessing the Department of the Treasury's central payment system.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
In the Caceres incident, a man in civilian clothes with proximity to uniformed operations in a secure area suggests someone with a high security clearance.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for security clearance
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“Security clearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20clearance. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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