exercise authority
Example Sentences
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He said that when coaching a youth team, he tries to empower his players by putting them in position to exercise authority, such as making them the coach.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024
Only when it came to diplomacy and war were presidents able to exercise authority on their own, and even then, institutional as well as political restraints limited their independence of action.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
“He will continue to exercise authority over the conduct of any and all counterterrorism operations needed to protect the homeland from threats emanating out of Afghanistan,” chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
From Washington Times • Jul. 2, 2021
“I am at a loss to understand how he can exercise authority over a piece of work that he and the interest that he represents have no entitlement to,” the justice said.
From New York Times • May 8, 2018
Some people are born to wield power and to exercise authority.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
