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also licencing
as in enabling
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 licensing
Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Other times, companies with new entertainment products would pursue the costume makers at licensing shows or the annual North American Toy Fair.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
The journey to the pad involved challenges and hurdles in terms of engineering, financing, regulations and licensing — including 24 different permits from Queensland, along with environmental and airspace approvals — as well as finding a location for a launch pad.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Beijing also announced an unprecedented licensing regime to restrict the export of certain rare earths, which disrupted global productions of automobiles among others.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Ohtani is on track to earn $100 million this year through endorsements, merchandise and licensing.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Subscription and licensing revenue grew 3 percent in the latest quarter to $493 million owing to growth in ViX’s premium tier and higher content licensing revenue.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Subscription and licensing revenue rose 3% to $493 million, thanks in part to consumer interest in ViX in the United States.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
And, though Nobu Hotels are not owned by Nobu Hospitality’s founders—each is individually owned and operated under management and licensing agreements with Nobu Hotels—the Beach Club, Barbuda is unique in that De Niro and his partners own it.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Evan Drellich, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Subscription and licensing revenue grew 3 percent in the latest quarter to $493 million owing to growth in ViX’s premium tier and higher content licensing revenue.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
This marks the first October since 1987 in which TNT won’t be televising live NBA games, although the network is licensing its signature studio show, Inside the NBA, to ESPN/ABC.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
That doesn’t exclude Netflix from one day licensing the app and offering it to users that way.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
Kiss was especially popular in the mid-1970s, selling tens of millions of albums and licensing its iconic look to become a marketing marvel.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Mleziva denied any wrongdoing to licensing investigators, while Buelow did not respond to the department’s investigation notice.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
As of 2025, the state’s Natural Medicine Division has begun licensing psilocybin healing centers, which follows Colorado’s recreational legalization of cannabis for people 21 and over in 2014.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
And Netflix is having no trouble at all licensing catalog content from Hollywood studios.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Republican lawmakers have since called on Underly to overhaul the DPI's approach to investigating teacher licensing to be more transparent.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Other times, companies with new entertainment products would pursue the costume makers at licensing shows or the annual North American Toy Fair.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
The journey to the pad involved challenges and hurdles in terms of engineering, financing, regulations and licensing — including 24 different permits from Queensland, along with environmental and airspace approvals — as well as finding a location for a launch pad.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Beijing also announced an unprecedented licensing regime to restrict the export of certain rare earths, which disrupted global productions of automobiles among others.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Ohtani is on track to earn $100 million this year through endorsements, merchandise and licensing.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Subscription and licensing revenue grew 3 percent in the latest quarter to $493 million owing to growth in ViX’s premium tier and higher content licensing revenue.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Subscription and licensing revenue rose 3% to $493 million, thanks in part to consumer interest in ViX in the United States.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
And, though Nobu Hotels are not owned by Nobu Hospitality’s founders—each is individually owned and operated under management and licensing agreements with Nobu Hotels—the Beach Club, Barbuda is unique in that De Niro and his partners own it.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
Yet, through the union, players also financially benefit from licensing deals with gambling companies (The Athletic has a partnership with sportsbook BetMGM).
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Subscription and licensing revenue grew 3 percent in the latest quarter to $493 million owing to growth in ViX’s premium tier and higher content licensing revenue.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
This marks the first October since 1987 in which TNT won’t be televising live NBA games, although the network is licensing its signature studio show, Inside the NBA, to ESPN/ABC.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
That doesn’t exclude Netflix from one day licensing the app and offering it to users that way.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
Kiss was especially popular in the mid-1970s, selling tens of millions of albums and licensing its iconic look to become a marketing marvel.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Mleziva denied any wrongdoing to licensing investigators, while Buelow did not respond to the department’s investigation notice.
—Danielle Duclos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
As of 2025, the state’s Natural Medicine Division has begun licensing psilocybin healing centers, which follows Colorado’s recreational legalization of cannabis for people 21 and over in 2014.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
And Netflix is having no trouble at all licensing catalog content from Hollywood studios.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for licensing
Verb
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Every system is designed for manufacturability from day one, enabling rapid iteration and high-volume production.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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Pakistan has repeatedly accused Afghanistan, and the Taliban regime that rules the country, of harboring and enabling terrorist groups targeting its territory, including Taliban militant offshoot, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The committee voted to ask Attorney General Josh Kaul to opine on whether grooming falls under the statute related to immoral conduct, which allows DPI to revoke a license if an educator violates it.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Over the past months, Washington has assembled an extensive naval and air presence near Venezuelan waters—the largest seen in decades—while authorizing the CIA to operate inside the country.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Mignini had also faced allegations of abuse of office in 2006 for authorizing unauthorized wiretaps during the Monster of Florence investigation; he was convicted in 2010, but the ruling was later annulled.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Customers in Texas and Arizona can receive parcels from the flying delivery liaisons, and Amazon has received beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) permissions from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which means the drones can, theoretically, start to scale for delivery.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Oct. 2025
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There’s a particular kind of excellence that happens when Black women stop waiting for permission and just build.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Kinder Morgan and Phillips 66 announced the project’s open season, which clues interested parties and potential customers into the proposal, before any permitting actually begins.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive will likely stay open for two to three more weeks, weather permitting.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Figure’s business centers around putting mortgages on the blockchain, which the company says speeds up the granting and funding of home loans.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The last one standing is rewarded with a financial windfall and the granting of a single wish, any wish.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Initially approved by the county board in August, a more detailed description of the project, complete with a higher price tag, appeared on the supervisors’ consent calendar this week, sailing through without debate.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Other information about the winner is released only with the winner's consent.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those employees work on reassembling warheads, among the most sensitive jobs across the nuclear weapons enterprise, with the highest levels of clearance.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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It was also suggested that shooting locations inside Cairo historic cemeteries earmarked for clearance to make way for new roads and infrastructure projects may have been deemed politically inconvenient.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Licensing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/licensing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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