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adjective

Definition of licensednext
as in certified

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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
The Monetary Authority of Singapore added the platform to its Investor Alert List in June, which publicly notifies people that an entity is neither licensed nor authorized in the city-state. — Anniek Bao,jenny Lee, CNBC, 23 July 2026 Sofie Pavitt is the founder of Sofie Pavitt Studio, a licensed esthetician and certified acne specialist. — Rio Viera-Newton, Vogue, 23 July 2026
Verb
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that driver, who is from India, should never have been licensed in the first place. — Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 Contrary to Trump’s comments on Thursday night, national networks are not licensed by the government, but local stations are. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for licensed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for licensed
  1. certified
  2. enabled
  3. authorized
  4. empowered
  5. accredited
  6. qualified
  7. endorsed
Adjective
  • Ecosystem players should function as force multipliers so that speed can translate into certified, scalable output, not just faster prototypes.
    — Jean-Louis Rassineux, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • After returning to Oregon, Phelps and other certified Airmen trained the rest of the weapons team ahead of the Mountain Home mission.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Definition of certified
Verb
  • Though present, they are not enabled by default and require overriding hidden FeatureFlags, which increases user risk.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • But a wild pitch enabled Alvarez to reach first base, and Paredes socked the first pitch of 388 feet to left for a three-run home run and a 5-1 lead.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of enabled
Adjective
  • Only authorized people can pull DAVID records, and an official reason is required.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • Charles Moore, a member of the House of Lords, is the authorized biographer of Margaret Thatcher and a columnist for the Daily Telegraph.
    — Charles Moore, Washington Post, 24 July 2026
Definition of authorized
Verb
  • Shanahan has even empowered Lynch — who was hired by Shanahan to be a political figurehead a decade ago — to be the true GM of the team over the years.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
  • These two models exist simultaneously in Jewish history in the image of uprooted and powerless Jews on the one hand and rooted and empowered Jews on the other.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of empowered
Adjective
  • An accredited counselor can review your budget and set up a Debt Management Plan (DMP).
    — Nick Perry, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • By doing so, Chattanooga FC became the first sports team to take advantage of the passage of the 2016 JOBS Act, which allowed private companies to crowdfund from non-accredited investors in exchange for equity.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of accredited
Verb
  • San Jose has 37 games remaining on its schedule and has already qualified for the California League playoffs after winning the first-half championship.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • If the representative had done that, Dimmerling said, her client would have qualified.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of qualified
Adjective
  • The endorsed candidate receives direct backing from the party.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 2 June 2026
  • Blake ran in the Democratic primary for mayor and cross-endorsed Mamdani.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
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