Example Sentences

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The number of countries that have authorized credits for international transfer and use in Corsia is up to ten from six in December.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

About 45,000 grocery workers have authorized a strike at Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons, and Pavilions stores in Southern California to protest what they call unfair labor practices.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

"It could be an annual appropriation. It could be an appropriation and authorizing law, but Congress will have authorized that expenditure."

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2024

Alabama is one of three states — Oklahoma and Mississippi are the others — that have authorized the use of nitrogen in executions.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

The welfare of the sick man obliged us to have points of contact which no other circumstances would have authorized.

From The Lily of the Valley by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott