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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Strauss was the man responsible for stripping J. Robert Oppenheimer, co-inventor of the atom bomb, of his security clearance.
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The President issued his order on April 9 suspending my security clearance and instructing DHS to conduct an investigation of my time in government.
—Miles Taylor, Time, 3 June 2025
As a child growing up in suburban Las Vegas, far from the din of the Strip, Patel knew little of what his dad did because of his father’s security clearance.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The orders stripped security clearance from the relevant firms' employees and blocked them from accessing federal buildings.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
The President issued his order on April 9 suspending my security clearance and instructing DHS to conduct an investigation of my time in government.
—Miles Taylor, Time, 3 June 2025
As a child growing up in suburban Las Vegas, far from the din of the Strip, Patel knew little of what his dad did because of his father’s security clearance.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The orders stripped security clearance from the relevant firms' employees and blocked them from accessing federal buildings.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for security clearance
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“Security clearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20clearance. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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