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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Contrast this sleek approach with the typical SMB onboarding experience: countless documents, manual data entries, multi-week approval processes and requirements that seem more suited for a CIA security clearance than a small-business loan.
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Sal Rehmetullah, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Users need to have a top-secret security clearance of the highest level possible at the Energy Department to access the network, according to agency rules for handling classified information.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 May 2025
He's gone after law firms and the Associated Press (for not going along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America) and stripped the security clearance of his former head of cybersecurity, Chris Krebs, who said the 2020 election was properly conducted, and of Krebs' employer.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
After entering office, Trump revoked James’s security clearance in a veiled retaliation for the criminal case against him.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2025
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Sal Rehmetullah, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Users need to have a top-secret security clearance of the highest level possible at the Energy Department to access the network, according to agency rules for handling classified information.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 May 2025
He's gone after law firms and the Associated Press (for not going along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America) and stripped the security clearance of his former head of cybersecurity, Chris Krebs, who said the 2020 election was properly conducted, and of Krebs' employer.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
After entering office, Trump revoked James’s security clearance in a veiled retaliation for the criminal case against him.
—Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Security clearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20clearance. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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