How to Use license number in a Sentence

license number

noun
  • An agent called police anonymously and gave them the thief's license number.
    — Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • No new license number is automatically assigned when the card is stolen.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The bot provided the employee with a license number that the state determined was invalid.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Cress doesn’t include her license number on her email or her website, making tracking down her credentials more difficult.
    — Ashley Abramson, Allure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Disqualify contractors without the right license for the job, or if their license number doesn’t match their business name.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The issue is that a new online request for a mail ballot won’t be approved if the driver’s license number doesn’t match what the elections office has on file.
    — Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
  • Search for the pharmacy by name, address or license number in Florida’s license look-up portal.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2024
  • To verify, look for the provincial pharmacy license number on the website.
    — Joe and Teresa Graedon, oregonlive, 3 July 2023
  • Voters who cast ballots by mail would need to provide the last four digits of a unique number on their ID, like a driver’s license number.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • Voters who cast ballots by mail would need to provide the last four digits of a unique number on their ID, like a driver’s license number.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
  • Voters who cast ballots by mail would need to provide the last four digits of a unique number on their ID, like a driver’s license number.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Most states ask you for information like your name, date of birth, and driver’s license number in order to check if your voter registration is active.
    — Anna Gordon, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Packaging for the tainted product carried a state cannabis sticker but bore no state license number or manufacturer name.
    — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In the application, voters must include their driver’s license number or a copy of their photo ID.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, DoorDash required a driver’s license number but no picture of the actual card.
    — Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
  • These include your name, address, driving license number, phone number, email, and other information.
    — WIRED, 21 June 2023
  • Before hiring anyone, run their license number through the DBPR database.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Before hiring anyone, run their license number through the DBPR database.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
  • This one would allow any user of the portal to bypass the screen that requires a driver’s license number and submit the cancellation request without it.
    — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Any legitimate pharmacy should be able to provide you with its license number and the license number of its pharmacists upon request.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The form will ask for your name, home address, work address, home/work phone numbers, work schedule, driver’s license number, license plate number and state of registration.
    — Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The driver does not show a driver’s license, but does provide her driver’s license number, which the officer takes down, and a cellphone photograph of her license, the video shows.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The document disclosed the woman’s license number and date of birth, which are required to check the status of a person’s license online and gain access to a more complete driving record.
    — John Hanna and Jim Salter, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But in some cases – when people register online but don’t provide their driver license number – they are asked to show a form of ID before voting at the polls.
    — Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Three Utahns voted twice during one election, while there were hundreds of incidents where two different voters shared the same driver’s license number, per the report.
    — Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Similarly, voters who sign onto a petition could get their petition tossed if there’s a disparity in the driver’s license number.
    — Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
  • Media outlets broadcast the profile so the general public could keep an eye out, and sure enough, a teacher noticed a suspicious car hanging out by the school and reported the license number.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 July 2024
  • Investigators determined Bardisa never held a valid nursing license during that time and instead used the license number of another nurse who shared her first name.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Investigators found that the license number Bardisa provided belonged to another nurse.
    — Frank Fernandez, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The document disclosed the restaurant’s license number and her date of birth, information required to check the status of a person’s license online and gain access to a more complete driving record.
    — John Hanna, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023

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