LICENCED Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of licensed

as in certified

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licensed

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verb

variants also licenced

past tense of license

as in enabled

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 licensed

Adjective

Despite this, the lawsuit said, Polymarket has failed to obtain a license from the New York State Gaming Commission, allegedly sidestepping its obligation to pay taxes like licensed casinos and mobile sports gambling platforms do. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 According to Dipesh Patel, a licensed psychotherapist and parenting expert that specializes in family expectations, working with dorm decorators or rush consultants can amount to outsourcing developmentally important experiences for young people. — Stephanie Ganz, Parents, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

The American Federation of Musicians sued Universal and Warner in June, alleging the labels licensed recordings its members played on to Suno and Udio without paying those musicians or telling the union which recordings were involved. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 The vaccine is licensed for use against Ebola virus disease caused by the Zaire strain — a different, more common type of Ebola virus. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for licensed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for licensed

Adjective

Police chief and certified travel agent Laci Jo Brimer is uniquely positioned to give advice on how to avoid being pickpocketed on vacation.

— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026
Today Shaikh serves as a certified interventionist for Parents for Peace, a nonpartisan organization funded in part by the US Department of Homeland Security.

— Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of certified

Adjective

Only authorized law enforcement personnel can access the system.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
The FraudClassifier model distinguishes between payments initiated by authorized and unauthorized parties and explicitly recognizes situations in which an authorized party was manipulated or acted fraudulently.

— Shahen Minasyan, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of authorized

Verb

In other words, these firms believe Dodd-Frank empowered the CFTC to become a regulator of activities that resemble sports betting.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2026
And in May, OMB rocked the scientific community by proposing a rewrite to the bedrock guidance for all federal contracts that deemphasized peer review and empowered political appointees in driving decisions.

— STAT, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of empowered

Adjective

Failla, for example, likes real estate and infrastructure funds, particularly in the private markets for accredited investors — which means those with a total net worth above $1 million.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Rohit signed up to work for the delivery company using a Social Security number and completed a background check through an accredited provider, a DoorDash spokesperson told CNN Monday.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of accredited

Verb

To determine whether there was a reason to look further, researchers searched digital archives for existing investigations, finding 20 studies that qualified as suitable.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
Lyntris has now qualified a domestic source for the component as Raytheon ramps up radar manufacturing.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

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