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By 1980, the government had licensed less than 5% of the patents it held — leaving potentially lifesaving inventions on the shelf.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Mondelez International, which owns Cadbury, said it had licensed the brand to Freshstores Limited, which runs the Cadbury discount store "completely independently".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024

Washington state had licensed its first woman architect in 1923, and in 1953, I would be only the eighth.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

A separate investigation was launched after a New York Times report uncovered that Greece had licensed Predator to be exported to at least one African country, Madagascar.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

He also desired it might be understood, that trading with spirits to the extent which he found practised was strictly forbidden to others, as well as to those who had licensed public houses.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. by Collins, David