security clearance

noun

: special permission given only to people who are approved to know or see secret things
The documents are only available to people with security clearance from the government.

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Green card holders like Haji Zada, who lives in Texas, have slightly elevated protections, such as the right to have the government appoint her counsel with a security clearance. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 30 July 2026 His last film, a three-hour biopic about a communist-sympathizing physicist losing his security clearance, made nearly $1 billion. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026 The campus is also building an environment where trainees can navigate the security clearance process that defense work requires—a capability few institutions could offer. — Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Trying to pry out more details about Deerhead's secret sauce is like trying to gain security clearance to the CIA's inner sanctum. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for security clearance

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