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authorization

[aw-ther-uh-zey-shuhn] / ˌɔ θər əˈzeɪ ʃən /


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Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for several insecticides known to be effective against screwworm.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

What’s more, many Advantage plans are structured as health maintenance organizations with limited choices of doctors, referral requirements for specialists, and prior authorization requirements for certain procedures.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

That buyback replaces a prior authorization from March 2019, some two years before the company became the emblem of the meme-stock movement.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

GameStop GME -2.06%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported a higher profit in the first quarter and said its board approved a $2 billion stock buyback authorization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

It had been crushing for Regina to have to sign the authorization releasing the sixteen-year-old from the school.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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