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authoritative

[uh-thawr-i-tey-tiv, uh-thor-] / əˈθɔr ɪˌteɪ tɪv, əˈθɒr- /




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“We had five good — if rocky — years together, until we sort of got one another’s rhythm, because he was Mr. Cool, he was Mr. Authoritative and straight ahead,” she said.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Authoritative, anecdote-rich and ardently written, Reyes’ books chronicle the all-too-obscure tale of the multitudes of Latinos, Latin Americans and a few Iberians who’ve shaped Hollywood since the silent era.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Authoritative IRS studies have documented this high level of ongoing tax cheating.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

Authoritative voices feature far less frequently in this book than in the last one, and that one had less than the ones before it.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2014

Authoritative power resides only in the organic state of the particular spheres.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various




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