authoritative
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Ron Chernow, in his authoritative biography of Hamilton, writes, “theirs was a friendship of unusual ardor,” but regards the lifelong bond between the sisters as evidence against an affair.
Rivers can “tell the story of a nation’s history and a people’s experience,” Roman Cybriwsky observed in his authoritative chronicle of the Dnipro, “Along Ukraine’s River.”
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“The presence of a huge orchestra, an authoritative conductor, an immense audience, did not and could not inhibit the warmth, the loveliness and certainty of his interpretation.”
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“I just don’t see any objective criteria that would be authoritative in assessing whether a gerrymander ought to be upheld or not,” he said.
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And though his promises may be legally problematic, they sound correct to many Republicans — or at least authoritative.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
