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[aw-thuh-rahyz] / ˈɔ θəˌraɪz /




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The financial power of attorney should explicitly authorize your agent to manage your brokerage, IRA, Roth IRA, bank accounts and other assets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Neil Gorsuch and Barrett joined the three liberal justices to conclude that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act didn’t authorize President Trump’s tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

The White House did not respond to a request seeking comment on whether Trump would authorize humanitarian relief for Venezuelan immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

JPMorgan said it would authorize a new $50 billion buyback program.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

And because Stirling Middle probably wouldn't authorize half of this, they planned to have some of the attractions off school property.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

A separate question is whether state law authorizes officials to remove Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., though his argument in the negative is hilarious.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

By contrast, the Constitution explicitly authorizes Congress to establish federal agencies and define the scope of their mandate.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

Environmentalists legally challenged the new regulation, which authorizes provincial governments to redefine protected areas as a way to expand mining activity.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

They invoked a provision of the Clean Water Act that authorizes states to require additional permits on a case-by-case basis.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

It also says the Bishop of Jerusalem of the Arab Episcopal Church authorizes it.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

District Court Judge Katherine Menendez dismissed the case, ultimately finding that Congress never authorized the attorney general to access voting records and documents that state officials create themselves.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

The environmental initiative was shelved in 2013 by president Rafael Correa, who authorized crude extraction in the Yasuni National Park after acknowledging the plan's economic failure.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

When the BBC’s legal team did exactly that, Secret Service counsel Troy Epstein flatly declared the agency was neither authorized to accept service on the family’s behalf nor willing to help facilitate it.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

The Dodgers and Sparks were not involved in the deal, according to a source familiar with the transaction but not authorized to speak publicly.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

But Descartes and his authorized translator from Latin into French never write of la loy de nature.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The mosquito abatement district model has its roots in the early 20th century, and Utah was the third state to pass legislation authorizing the agencies.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

She cited a federal statute authorizing the U.S. service academies to make “minimum essential adjustments” to their standards “because of physiological differences between male and female individuals.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

His lawyer, Adam Unikowsky, argued that geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment by authorizing a search of every single person's account to find who was within a geofence perimeter.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

The 9th Circuit upheld that measure in principle, but said California went too far by requiring the owner to post a prominent sign expressly authorizing guns.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

She begins to type rapidly on her keyboard, authorizing her decision.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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