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On Wednesday, administration officials said they were authorizing five major commercial laboratories to test for monkeypox starting in early July, a dramatic expansion of capacity.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

The practice was unfair because the e-commerce giant's disclosures about in-app purchases didn't do enough to explain to consumers what they were authorizing, the agency argued.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2016

By week's end the reappraisal teams were authorizing renewed release of vaccine, and inoculations could resume this week.

From Time Magazine Archive

In many cases, the Catawba officials sending the bills also served as officers or directors of the companies receiving them and thus were authorizing payments for themselves.

From Time Magazine Archive