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Recent Examples of unlicensed
Ortiz Betancourt has an additional misdemeanor count of operation of a motor vehicle by an unlicensed driver, while Torrealba-Pajaro has misdemeanor counts of resisting law enforcement and unlawful encroachment on a law enforcement officer.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Reyes was arraigned on Thursday on charges related to unlicensed manufacturing of firearms using a 3D printer and felony charges of possession of a machine gun, the DA’s office said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Confirming an unlicensed nominee signals that standards are flexible when convenient.
—Jerome Adams, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026
Unauthorized/unlicensed vendors.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Reyes was arraigned on Thursday on charges related to unlicensed manufacturing of firearms using a 3D printer and felony charges of possession of a machine gun, the DA’s office said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Confirming an unlicensed nominee signals that standards are flexible when convenient.
—Jerome Adams, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026
Unauthorized/unlicensed vendors.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlicensed
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The Atlanta Department of Public Works has removed more than 400 unauthorized signs in the past year, communications director Kim Rankins said in an email.—
Thomas Lake,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Thousands of companies have filed lawsuits seeking refunds after paying the unauthorized tariffs.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Federal regulators have issued warnings that unapproved exosomes could leave customers with severe skin infections.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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The suit said the scheme circumvents FDA regulations that generally prohibit importation of unapproved medications from overseas.—
Melissa Lee,Paige Tortorelli,Scott Zamost,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2026
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Just outside City Hall last Saturday, hundreds of Iranian Americans poured into the streets to decry the start of an unsanctioned war.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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Onitsuka, whose group led Saturday’s rally, added that the American people are also enraged to have their tax dollars pay for an unjust and unsanctioned war that’s causing death and destruction as many struggle to survive in this country.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The documentary, from filmmakers behind HBO’s The Jinx, was shot over six years on contraband phones by the men who risked their lives to participate in this film, which unearthed over 1,300 deaths of people in custody inside Alabama correctional facilities between 2019 and 2024.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
11 Mar. 2026
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While serving his sentence for the killing of Hernandez, Reed used a contraband cellphone to livestream video of himself beating up a cellmate in March 2021, authorities have said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Mar. 2026
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Lang calls Atterton, who’s in his prison cell with a smuggled phone, to tell him the job is done and that both Bailey-Brown and Sam have been terminated.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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Writs of assistance were open‑ended search warrants granted to British customs officers to search for smuggled goods; they were not limited by time, person, or location, and no probable cause was required.—
Amanda Cats-Baril,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Unlicensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlicensed. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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