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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 study surveyed over 19,000 licensed drivers who are considering new vehicle ownership in the next three years. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026 According to court documents, Casimir, of Lauderhill, bought at least 108 firearms from licensed dealers and another 30 to 35 from a person in Florida. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
Tokyo’s Aya Pro has licensed Japan, Mumbai’s PictureWorks India, distributor of Anatomy of a Fall and Flow, has acquired rights to India, and Scene & Sound those to South Korea. — John Hopewell, Variety, 27 July 2026 According to the Arkansas Department of Education’s licensure website, Moore is licensed to teach instrumental music and vocal music in the state. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 24 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
  • Paint Like Bob Ross Complete a Bob Ross-style painting — complete with happy trees — in just one class taught by a certified instructor.
    — Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond the national parks, the route offers hot springs, film locations, Indigenous cultural sites, historic towns, and nearly three dozen certified Dark Sky Places.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of certified
Verb
  • This is being enabled by newer architectures like compute-in-memory that will increase performance and reduce costs.
    — Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That feeds back into the cycle of innovation and has enabled Ukrainian companies to take huge risks in developing drones, robots and other weapons, while learning from failures on how to harden their systems for modern battlefields.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of enabled
Adjective
  • The authorized returns announced Thursday covered nine localities that had been evacuated.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • On Thursday, the Times reported that Musk authorized spending between $100 million and $120 million on campaign operations in at least eight states this year, including the competitive Senate races in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Michigan and Ohio.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of authorized
Verb
  • The number of high-earning solopreneurs is surging, empowered by AI tools that provide capabilities of larger teams, making self-employment increasingly attractive.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Elsewhere in the clip, Winfrey called out other moments that empowered her during her childhood.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of empowered
Adjective
  • Interested students could pursue an optional curriculum track or elective concentration in osteopathic principles, available at any accredited school rather than confined to a parallel one.
    — Abigail MacKenzie, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The accredited, not-for-profit online institution was designed to help adults complete their degrees and advance their careers.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of accredited
Verb
  • Nithya Raman’s team said Raman had qualified for those matching funds.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In a 2025 study of nearly 1,000 patients diagnosed with lung cancer, only 35% would have qualified for screening under the current criteria.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 31 July 2026
Definition of qualified
Adjective
  • That includes boosts from socialist Donavan McKinney, who is running for Michigan’s 13th District, and Will Lawrence, who cross-endorsed with el Sayed and is running for Michigan’s 7th District.
    — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
  • The endorsed candidate receives direct backing from the party.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 2 June 2026
Definition of endorsed

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