learner's permit
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He was already bracing for a 25% premium increase because his teen son now has a learner’s permit.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Our first review was in September 2023, when I described the drive as a “mash of a teenager with a learner’s permit and an octogenarian.”
From Barron's ● Dec. 14, 2025
What brought me here was my 16-year-old daughter’s declaration, a month or so after getting her learner’s permit, that she wanted to master a stick shift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
She quipped that the next time he apply for a learner’s permit instead of a license.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
Hope there’s no repeat of the recent carnival fainting incident—Courtney’s certainly too heavy for me to lift, and I only have a learner’s permit, so I couldn’t drive us back.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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