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Recent Examples of unlicensed
Valdosta Police Department Detectives and Crime Scene personnel soon determined that Stacy Wheeler Cobb, 48, was running an allegedly unlicensed daycare at her home, per the police news release.
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Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Kormarczyk was indicted on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit unlicensed money transmitting, while Carbajal was indicted for conspiracy to commit unlicensed money transmitting.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Within less than a year, the Sheriff’s Office had issued corrective action notices to NaphCare for failing to pay outside hospitals and medical specialists, using unlicensed staff and ignoring requests to replace broken medical equipment, among other deficiencies.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
The bar was also the site of a shootout involving unlicensed security that sent someone to the hospital.
—Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
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Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Kormarczyk was indicted on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit unlicensed money transmitting, while Carbajal was indicted for conspiracy to commit unlicensed money transmitting.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Within less than a year, the Sheriff’s Office had issued corrective action notices to NaphCare for failing to pay outside hospitals and medical specialists, using unlicensed staff and ignoring requests to replace broken medical equipment, among other deficiencies.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
The bar was also the site of a shootout involving unlicensed security that sent someone to the hospital.
—Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlicensed
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Small, unauthorized charges can be early signs of fraud.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The city passed new rules in April quadrupling the fines on developers for unauthorized cutting of trees.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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What To Know On Wednesday, the FDA sent warning letters to 18 websites accused of illegally selling unapproved and misbranded Botox products.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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An employee’s water bottle, with an unapproved screw-top lid, was stored on the front preparation table.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Security gates are located at every Loop entrance and exit to prevent unsanctioned entry.—
Hadley Hitson,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
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During his sojourn in Philadelphia, Ali constantly challenged Frazier to unsanctioned fights.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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This comes after airspace violations involving balloons carrying contraband cigarettes which had previously forced the closure of airspace earlier in the month.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Shkreli, for one, was reportedly running his pharmaceutical company from behind bars using a contraband smartphone, according to the Wall Street Journal.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Laboratory tests of smuggled samples taken from late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny show that he was poisoned when he was imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has said.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 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 8 Nov. 2025.
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