How to Use unlicensed in a Sentence

unlicensed

adjective

• An unlicensed firearm was found in the center console of the car.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2021
• That led to the opening of the unlicensed emergency sites.
  — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 18 June 2021
• That’s because the products are deemed to be unlicensed drugs.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• Empyreal says Franco also falsely told the judge that some of the pot stores whose cash was in the van were unlicensed.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
• The gold is then sold to buyers, some of them unlicensed, who transfer it to smelters in Brazil and abroad for refinement.
  — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
• In the video, the deputy explains to the couple that they were pulled over for driving an unlicensed vehicle without the tag on it.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2022
• Pot’s acrid odor is everywhere in New York, as are unlicensed cannabis shops, which the city can’t control.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• Meanwhile, Hyde wants the city to commit to closing unlicensed shops by a certain date.
  — Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
• Perhaps he was convinced that the moment would come when his unlicensed status would come to light.
  — Yoko Ogawa, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
• Just last year, Abbott signed a law that allows the unlicensed carry of handguns.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 26 May 2022
• New York State is beginning to find some success in its own fight against unlicensed stores.
  — Ashley Southall, New York Times, 13 June 2024
• When asked for a list or a ballpark number of the unlicensed works, NMPA declined to comment.
  — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 15 May 2024
• Wi-Fi 6E is the name for devices that operate in the 6-gigahertz (GHz) band, a new swath of unlicensed spectrum.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2022
• Hemsworth laughs when asked about filming these scenes with an unlicensed driver.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 7 May 2024
• The kiosks were allegedly unlicensed and profitable in Ohio.
  — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2023
• Retailers sell such products in unlicensed dispensaries, during pop-up events, and on the streets across the state.
  — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
• According to research firm Muso, the first season of the show was viewed millions of times more than that, all via unlicensed streams and downloads.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024
• As the city has struggled to contain the explosion of unlicensed weed stores, a new law passed as part of the state budget this Spring giving the city broader powers.
  — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
• All 22 got them from unlicensed or untrained people in non-healthcare settings like homes and spas.
  — Kristen Fischer, Health, 24 Apr. 2024
• It's been less than two weeks since Sen. Thom Tillis released his proposal to increase the penalties for those who would dare stream unlicensed works.
  — Eriq Gardner, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2020
• Such unlicensed agents, Ranyard said, charge fees to would-be adoptive parents.
  — Mary Pflum, NBC News, 3 July 2023
• Marquez likes to call to offer tips on how to detect scammers and to avoid unlicensed contractors.
  — Juan Carlos Chavez, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
• The 27% figure does not apply to areas where the state has not enacted shutdowns of unlicensed weed shops, a rep for Hochul noted.
  — Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
• Instead of calling for medical help, unlicensed staff gave him aspirin and put him back to bed.
  — Chris Serres, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
• The teen had been sitting in the front passenger seat of an unlicensed taxi when a person in the back seat shot at two men in North Braddock, Pennsylvania.
  — NBC News, 4 Nov. 2021
• The ban is meant to apply to licensed as well as unlicensed operators.
  — Dominic Dudley, Forbes, 28 May 2021
• Enforcement of non-compliant and unlicensed owners could be a challenge for the city.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
• Police said the patron who fired a gun, Amori Davis, 27, was arrested and charged with possessing an unlicensed firearm.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• New York, for example, took more than a year to license a single seller, which sent many weed-seekers right to unlicensed sellers instead.
  — Lavanya Ramanathan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
• Hiring unlicensed persons to provide mental health for our students in our schools places not only the district in legal jeopardy but also places our students at risk for improper practices.
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024