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synonyms for authority
- force
- government
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- ascendancy
- authorization
- beef
- charge
- clout
- command
- credit
- domination
- dominion
- edge
- esteem
- goods
- guts
- influence
- juice
- jump
- license
- mastery
- might
- permission
- permit
- pizazz
- pow
- powerhouse
- prerogative
- prestige
- punch
- right
- ropes
- say
- say-so
- steam
- strength
- stuff
- supremacy
- sway
- warrant
- weight
- word
- leg up
- might and main
- strong arm
- upper hand
- what it takes
- whip hand
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How to use authority in a sentence
By doing so, Facebook has effectively taken away medical experts’ and doctors’ authority on health-related matters and handed it over to the general public.
State and federal agencies have somewhat overlapping authority to regulate coal industry pollution.
This Billionaire Governor’s Coal Company Might Get a Big Break From His Own Regulators | by Ken Ward Jr. | September 17, 2020 | ProPublicaNow, when we get on the ground, we’re still under the command and control of the governor and the adjutant general, the top military officer of the Illinois National Guard, but we’re generally placed under a civilian authority at the emergency.
Mobilizing the National Guard Doesn’t Mean Your State Is Under Martial Law. Usually. | by Logan Jaffe | September 17, 2020 | ProPublica
Like Wiley, Gostin said lawsuits over a governor’s legal authority and separation of powers are more likely to succeed than those about individual liberties.
Courts may reconsider temporary coronavirus restrictions as pandemic drags on | Anne Gearan, Karin Brulliard | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostHowever, in practice, we often see that the so-called YMYL websites already can’t rank without having some expertise and authority established.
Google ranking factors to change search in 2021: Core Web Vitals, E-A-T, or AMP? | Aleh Barysevich | September 16, 2020 | Search Engine WatchYou get these high-profile people that go into prison, and the staff abuse their authority.
How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’ | Michael Howard | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThey selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing authority cop named James Carragher.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the last national figure to wield ancient personal authority in an explicitly religious way was Robert F. Kennedy.
I have it on good authority these quotes are 100 percent accurate, if not 100 percent verbatim.
But the authority of his name far exceeds that of our own, famous or obscure though we be.
A distinguished-looking man, evidently vested with authority, bustled forward and addressed him, civilly enough.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy"Here's my authority, yuh blasted runt," he yelled, and jerked his six-shooter to a level with the policeman's breast.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair"The authority of Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye," was the unanswerable rejoinder.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniIn the next chapter he gives his twelve disciples authority over demons.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayThat of M. Charles Guenllette is the authority followed here.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine Clement
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