authorize
Example Sentences
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Torres stressed that his team acted cautiously in the decision to authorize the school for occupancy, and that promising preliminary testing helped school administrators plan ahead.
From Los Angeles Times
New Hampshire became the first state to establish a bitcoin reserve in May, authorizing up to 5% of state funds for bitcoin investment.
From MarketWatch
The Insurrection Act is a law that authorizes the president to use military force for civilian law-enforcement in the U.S. in a narrow set of circumstances.
In “The Most Awful Responsibility,” Alex Wellerstein, a professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology, focuses on Truman’s struggle to control America’s nuclear arsenal: Who keeps the weapons, and who gets to authorize their use?
The Insurrection Act is a law that authorizes the president to use the military for civilian law-enforcement purposes in the U.S. in a narrow set of circumstances.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
