How to Use vanity plate in a Sentence

vanity plate

noun
  • Want to show the person at the stoplight next to you what your vanity plate says?
    — Austin Irwin and Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The truck has a silver fleur-de-lis vanity plate on the front bumper, police said.
    — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The rules and costs for vanity plates vary by state — but don't approach the world's most expensive.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The front bumper displayed the fleur-de-lis vanity plate, but police said the rear did not have a license plate.
    — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The vanity plate on Sheldon Bair’s bright red Camaro gives one pause.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The vanity plate is permitted because the couple was not driving on a public road.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 20 May 2018
  • Kentucky and other states across the country have had to deal with vanity plates that at first blush appear to be problematic.
    — Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Applications for vanity plates have not been open since 2021.
    — Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The bill would have allowed motorists willing to pay an additional $48 to use eight-letter words on vanity plates.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • If Auger chose to get a regular plate, a portion of her vanity plate fee would be refunded to her, according to the letter.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 29 Aug. 2019
  • In fact, Tartaro joins a long lineage of people whose vanity plates backfired in spectacular fashion.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Will Rhode Island start offering vanity plates again in 2026?
    — Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Since Kansas vanity plates have to follow the state vehicle law, a court would need to find that the state law violates the First Amendment.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The recall letter said Auger had 10 days to surrender her plate with the option to chose another vanity plate at no extra cost or have one assigned to her.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 29 Aug. 2019
  • For now, the agency is not offering any timeline for restarting vanity plate applications in Rhode Island.
    — Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Since Missouri vanity plates have to follow the state obscenity law, a court would need to find that the state law violates the First Amendment.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Among other rules, Utah prohibits vanity plates that express contempt for any race, religion or political opinion.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The adaption would be called Star 80, a reference to the vanity plate on the Mercedes Snider bought Dorothy with her money.
    — Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The car had a University of Alabama vanity plate, according to police, and likely damage from striking the girl.
    — Alexis Stevens, ajc, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Travis McMichael had a vanity plate of the former state flag on the front of his pickup at the time of the shooting, but Walmsley has yet to rule whether that can be presented as evidence at trial.
    — Asia Simone Burns, ajc, 28 Oct. 2021
  • By introducing the vanity plate as evidence, prosecutors hope to show jurors that race played a key factor in the McMichaels’ decision to chase Arbery.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The organization is seeking a restraining order preventing the recall and has also asked that the state's law banning potentially offensive vanity plates be struck down, the paper said.
    — Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Vehicles and Vanity Plates Before slapping on that back-window decal or registering for a vanity plate, think again—and not just about aesthetics.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
  • Vehicles and Vanity Plates Before slapping on that back-window decal or registering for a vanity plate, think again—and not just about aesthetics.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
  • States actively police what vanity plates get approved; Utah alone has rejected around 1,000 plates over the years, and that’s not even counting those turned down for being duplicates of existing plates.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2019
  • In late 2020, Overington bought a new SUV and decided to celebrate being cancer-free by splurging on a vanity plate.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The Department of Motor Vehicles requires at least 7,500 people to apply and pre-pay the $50 fee to order a new vanity plate.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The family’s three Volkswagens remained parked in the driveway on Tuesday, with one of them apparently bearing vanity plates that proclaimed the Turpins’ love for Disneyland.
    — Louis Keene, Jennifer Medina and Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • This happened in Rhode Island, where a Tesla owner was allowed to display a vanity plate reading FKGAS.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This happened in Rhode Island, where a Tesla owner was allowed to display a vanity plate reading FKGAS.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025

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