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authorization

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


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Leaders at Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have encouraged "pacing" - or slowing down - development after models created by all three were found to have escaped their testing environments or taken actions without authorization.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

For comparison, Micron’s last authorization of $10 billion in May 2018 was about two quarters’ worth of gross profit at the time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

A new State Department warning Thursday says U.S. government officials now need special authorization to use the Riyadh airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Fulfilling its buyback authorization will require far more free cash than Nvidia generates today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Er, miss, we don’t have authorization for that,” the guard replied.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Under the program, which launched in January, prior authorizations for about 6.4 million Americans enrolled in traditional Medicare in New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and Washington state are being carried out by AI.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Some took the announcement that work authorizations remained in place — made late Wednesday by U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

The update came on July 10, the original expiration date set for TPS holders’ work authorizations.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Doctors and forensic experts in the port examined bodies under tarpaulins held up by four poles before issuing death certificates and cremation authorizations.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

On the bridge over the river Caya, situated on the boundary line between Castilla and Portugal the twenty-three deputies exhibited their authorizations.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson


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