license plate
noun
: a plate or tag (as of metal) attesting that a license has been secured and usually bearing a registration number
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An investigation revealed the suspect was driving without a license and had affixed a fraudulent registration tab to the rear license plate.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Cameras got an image of the man’s face, and the back license plate of his white box truck.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Indiana University is the highest selling, most popular distinctive license plate among drivers so far this year, and in each of the past two years.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025
But what was confirmed at the time the body was discovered was that the 2023 Tesla Model Y with Texas license plates was registered to David Anthony Burke, the real name of the up-and-coming singer D4vd.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Cameras got an image of the man’s face, and the back license plate of his white box truck.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Indiana University is the highest selling, most popular distinctive license plate among drivers so far this year, and in each of the past two years.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025
But what was confirmed at the time the body was discovered was that the 2023 Tesla Model Y with Texas license plates was registered to David Anthony Burke, the real name of the up-and-coming singer D4vd.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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