arrogation

Example Sentences

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“But this Court rejected that arrogation of authority, identifying numerous legal errors,” is said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

As she put it in her dissent, the majority’s arrogation of the power to decide what Congress has and has not delegated:

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2023

The mannequins displaying them are mostly dispersed throughout the home — including in the dining room — which makes the cultural arrogation at play painfully, if edifyingly, clear.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018

It may be that all acts of responsible citizenship require a certain amount of willfully entered arrogation.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2016

"Take your word for it," answered Hood without emotion, save for a slight annoyance at the other's arrogation of superior information.

From The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Wood, Robert Williams