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licentiate

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Recent Examples of licentiate After receiving his licentiate in 1984, he was sent to work in the mission of Chulucanas, in Piura, Peru, from 1985 to 1986. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 May 2025 Tracy earned a licentiate of sacred theology in 1964 and a doctoral degree in 1969, both from the Pontifical Gregorian University. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025 Cervantes could have made the ensign read the manuscript aloud to the licentiate. — Phil Klay, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 The bishop holds both a licentiate and a doctorate in canon law from the Gregorian University in Rome. — al, 25 Mar. 2020 Father Coyne earned a bachelor’s degree in math and a licentiate in philosophy from Fordham University in 1958 and then a doctorate in astronomy from Georgetown University. — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020

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In 2025, Bluestar Alliance acquired Palm Angels, founded by Francesco Ragazzi, from NGG (New Guards Group), which was also the Off-White licensee.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Invoking a deliberately vague notion of licensee’s ‘public interest obligations,’ the Chairman has created a regulatory regime in which any broadcaster, including ABC, can be found guilty of transgressions at any time for seemingly any thing.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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Beshear has also campaigned and advertised hard for Democratic candidate Zach Dembo, who is taking on GOP candidate Ralph Alvarado in the open 6th District seat around Lexington.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Twelve candidates are on the presidential ballot, but only Lula and Bolsonaro are thought to have a real chance of becoming Brazil's next head of state.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

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Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.

— Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.

— Robert Anderson, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026

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