license plate
noun
: a plate or tag (as of metal) attesting that a license has been secured and usually bearing a registration number
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Damascus residents near the site of the Israeli strike say cars with Lebanese license plates removed all documents and other sensitive materials, and the rubble of the entire five-story building was gone within three days.
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Xavier also wrote an assortment of letters and numbers on her hand, which were within a digit or two of the license plate to Misch’s motorcycle.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
Investigators later learned the Mercedes with Maryland license plates belonged to Nagbe’s father’s company, KMN Real Estate.
—Jamel Valencia, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
In 2010, a Connecticut State Police investigator connected a partial Pennsylvania license plate, seen by a witness near Bass’ estate on the night of the crime, to a car owned by Michael N. Kennedy.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Dec. 2024
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Xavier also wrote an assortment of letters and numbers on her hand, which were within a digit or two of the license plate to Misch’s motorcycle.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
Investigators later learned the Mercedes with Maryland license plates belonged to Nagbe’s father’s company, KMN Real Estate.
—Jamel Valencia, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
In 2010, a Connecticut State Police investigator connected a partial Pennsylvania license plate, seen by a witness near Bass’ estate on the night of the crime, to a car owned by Michael N. Kennedy.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Dec. 2024
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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