authority figure
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Campo messaged a business partner that August to tell a potential client that Malpica was “presently the maximum authority figure there. Because he is a Flores.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
"We asked people: 'Should it be a woman? Should it be a man? Should it be a robot? Should it sound like a lawyer, a social worker, a journalist, or another authority figure?'"
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
For years she searched, bribing whatever authority figure she could find just to find out where Ahmad was being held.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
Separating this “part” of herself from her capital-S “Self,” allowed her to meet it with compassion and even thank it for protecting her against the threat it had identified in an authority figure.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
On my first day on the job, I walked into my classroom and tried to present myself as an authority figure, someone confident and intelligent, but inside I was a nervous wreck.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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