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authoritative

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




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Their work relied on desktop research and drew from peer reviewed articles, international organization reports, and other authoritative sources focused on microplastics, ocean health, climate change, and related social and environmental issues.

From Science Daily

Cobb’s unexpected new career prefigured those of the charismatic and authoritative doctor-authors and healthcare influencers guiding women through menopause online today.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nor do they expect him to act as Wall Street’s authoritative voice of calm.

From The Wall Street Journal

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries the Bible was the country’s “most accessible, authoritative, and venerated book.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal