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a government commission that manages bridges, tunnels, airports, and other such facilities of a port or city.

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Words nearby port authority

port arms, Port Arthur, portative, portative organ, Port-au-Prince, port authority, Port Blair, port captain, Port Charlotte, Port Chester, Port Colborne

How to use port authority in a sentence

“The intent was always to do a statewide program with a national player,” said Winston, who pledged the port authority will exercise oversight over the program.
Cities in Ohio Want to Use the Same Clean-Energy Financing Company That Saddled Missouri Homeowners With Debt|by Jeremy Kohler|July 12, 2021|ProPublica
The port authority and Ygrene both plan to charge administrative fees on the sale of bonds made up of individual loans.
Cities in Ohio Want to Use the Same Clean-Energy Financing Company That Saddled Missouri Homeowners With Debt|by Jeremy Kohler|July 12, 2021|ProPublica
The port authority has sought partnerships with the same companies that contributed to Missouri’s crisis and to widespread problems in Florida and California, the other states with statewide programs.
Cities in Ohio Want to Use the Same Clean-Energy Financing Company That Saddled Missouri Homeowners With Debt|by Jeremy Kohler|July 12, 2021|ProPublica
Marine Highway 5 could solve at least part of that problem, port authorities say.
A New Highway Project That’s Environmentally Friendly? (Hint: It’s in the Ocean)|MacKenzie Elmer|February 24, 2021|Voice of San Diego

You get these high-profile people that go into prison, and the staff abuse their authority.
How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’|Michael Howard|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the last national figure to wield ancient personal authority in an explicitly religious way was Robert F. Kennedy.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I have it on good authority these quotes are 100 percent accurate, if not 100 percent verbatim.
Forget the Resolutions; Try a Few Declarations|Kevin Bleyer|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the authority of his name far exceeds that of our own, famous or obscure though we be.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A distinguished-looking man, evidently vested with authority, bustled forward and addressed him, civilly enough.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The experience of the Jesuit fathers at Port Royal is related at length, from their own point of view.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
"Here's my authority, yuh blasted runt," he yelled, and jerked his six-shooter to a level with the policeman's breast.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
At the port of Cavite is a parochial church, which ministers to over three thousand souls.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
"The authority of Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye," was the unanswerable rejoinder.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini