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Recent Examples of unlicensed
However, the largest threat these companies face are from the offshore, unlicensed sportsbooks such as Bovada, MyBookie and BetOnline.
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Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Operating an unlicensed betting business is a federal crime.
—Amy Taxin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Police initially responded to a report that Demetrio Urbina, 38, had performed an unlicensed veterinary procedure on a dog that later died.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
An unlicensed casino grows up to be a Baptist college, one that doesn’t shy away from its sordid past, as Christ himself never shied away from a sinner.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
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Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Operating an unlicensed betting business is a federal crime.
—Amy Taxin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Police initially responded to a report that Demetrio Urbina, 38, had performed an unlicensed veterinary procedure on a dog that later died.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
An unlicensed casino grows up to be a Baptist college, one that doesn’t shy away from its sordid past, as Christ himself never shied away from a sinner.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlicensed
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The elder Hendrix sued Branton in 1993, claiming that the business had been mismanaged and that the attorney conducted unauthorized transactions.—
Mike Alleyne Ph.D,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This rampant, unauthorized AI use degrades the educational experience of individual students who overly rely on the technology and those who wish to avoid using it.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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But the search continues, and despite all those pitfalls, hospitals and physicians are using unapproved tests that are available to screen patients, often at exorbitant costs.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Health inspectors found unapproved rodent bait blocks and household spray available for use throughout the kitchen and near the mop sink.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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If that data moves through unsanctioned channels or lands in public models, it’s exposed.—
Mark Doble,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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His last match was a brutal, unsanctioned Lights Out Steel Cage match at the AEW Forbidden Door pay-per-view on August 24.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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At a talk at the Arkansas Attorney General’s office in Little Rock, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that reclassifying contraband cellphones as unauthorized could sidestep the rule.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
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Commissioners also said Erik Menendez's use of contraband cellphones was a factor in the denial.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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Inevitably, a few students were surreptitiously checking smuggled screens that day.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Unlicensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlicensed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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