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Recent Examples of unlicensed
In early November, the department cited Orchid again for having unlicensed security guards and allowing patrons to smoke hookah inside without the proper approval.
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Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
In Spain, the rental platform was fined $75 million in December for unlicensed tourist rentals, as pushback sees short-term rentals as driving up housing costs.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
This is going to carry a big financial impact, especially on the people who end up in a collision with an at-fault driver who is unlicensed due to the new dictate.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
At the time, authorities said a Chinese medical company registered in Nevada was operating the unlicensed facility in Reedley, California, a small city southeast of Fresno, California.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
In Spain, the rental platform was fined $75 million in December for unlicensed tourist rentals, as pushback sees short-term rentals as driving up housing costs.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
This is going to carry a big financial impact, especially on the people who end up in a collision with an at-fault driver who is unlicensed due to the new dictate.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
At the time, authorities said a Chinese medical company registered in Nevada was operating the unlicensed facility in Reedley, California, a small city southeast of Fresno, California.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlicensed
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Meanwhile, both Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers reported that unauthorized Starlink satellite communications terminals in use by Russian forces had been disrupted or disconnected, following a public appeal by Kyiv to Starlink producer SpaceX and its owner Elon Musk.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Earn 1% cash back on all other purchases With Zero Liability you won't be held responsible for unauthorized charges made with your card or account information.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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Those expenditures included unapproved travel, meals, streaming subscriptions, and other charges that city officials said lacked clear authorization and oversight.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Hardcore gym-goers initially sourced their unapproved peptides from laboratories in China, said Turnock.—
Sara Talpos — Undark,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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When leaders discover unsanctioned AI use, the right response is not to shut it down immediately.—
David Chou,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The unsanctioned practice is intended to push the city and county toward improving safety infrastructure for pedestrians.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The same deficiencies cited in contraband cases in the mid-2010s continue to appear in inspections a decade later.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Their world inside Parchman was defined by regulation of contraband items, the work they were told to do, conflicts with other inmates, and the corruption and neglect of the prison administrators.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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The smuggled fungus, Fusarium graminearum, can cause billions in crop losses and is harmful to humans and livestock.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
13 Nov. 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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“Unlicensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlicensed. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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