authorize
Example Sentences
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Approximately 2,000 hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium will begin voting Thursday over whether to authorize a strike just a week before the World Cup is scheduled to kick off at the Inglewood venue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The hospital would not authorize a transfer or arrange to send her in an ambulance, and it offered no explanation for why.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
As Judge Leon noted in his opinion, “Congress has continued to authorize and fund construction and maintenance at the White House up until the present day.”
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026
This document allows your proxy to authorize treatments and make end-of-life decisions, such as when to withdraw life support.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Elijah Muhammad would authorize for me any amount that I asked for.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Vocabulary lists containing authorize
Quartering Act (1765)
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for January 1–January 7, 2022
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Maryland Toleration Act (1649)
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