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port authority

American

noun

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

Example Sentences

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Located in the borough of Queens, LaGuardia is the third-busiest airport serving New York, handling 33.5 million passengers in 2024, according to port authority figures.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Ukraine's SBU state security service has not commented on the allegation and the Libyan port authority said the cause of the fire was unknown.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The news comes as port authority CEO Griff Lynch has set a goal of Brunswick surpassing the Port of Baltimore as the No. 1 U.S. port for automobile imports and exports.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

She quietly moves through her workday in the drab offices of a local port authority, goes home, microwaves a meal and eats it standing alone in her dim kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024

At twelve, all hands were mustered amidships and numbered by the port authority, and one was missing.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund

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