Example sentences for: clearances

How can you use “clearances” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Despite post-9/11 declarations to the contrary, on the eve of 9/11 FTAT had funds appropriated, but no people hired, no security clearances, and no space to work.

  • They stashed cocaine and marijuana in food trays and used their security clearances to transport the contraband.

  • The USAT front-page "cover story," upon reviewing some 1,500 personnel decisions made at the Department of Defense, concludes that the Pentagon regularly grants security clearances to civilian employees of defense contractor companies who have prior criminal convictions and/or long histories of financial irresponsibility or substance abuse.

  • The USAT article says that the Pentagon grants 130,000 top-secret clearances a year and has a backlog of 600,000 cleared employees whose files need review.

  • When GAO needs access to classified, proprietary, or otherwise sensitive information, it will comply with all applicable statutory requirements, including obtaining the necessary security and other clearances for assigned GAO staff.


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