authorize
verb (used with object)
to give authority or official power to; empower.
are authorizing
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present progressiveof authorize.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some clients are authorizing him to promise salaries that match or exceed the workers’ Silicon Valley pay—a windfall given China’s lower cost of living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
But greater liability would fall on the city if it explicitly said “we are authorizing this to exist,” Bailon explained, which is important to weigh when considering a sanctioned site.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
Organizing efforts have launched this year at a number of major companies, and private-sector union members are authorizing strikes at a rate rarely seen in modern America.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
“If you are authorizing the sale, why not cultivation?,” he said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 20, 2021
U.S. officials are authorizing the first evacuations of Americans out of Japan, indicating that it sees the risk from Japan's nuclear crisis to be greater than Japan's government has suggested.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2011
