Example Sentences

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Whether Congress will authorize enough to support design-build is an unknown, Allman said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

I pray that someone has excellent commercial insurance which will authorize a week or two—or even a month—of GIP-level care days, while Medicare typically covers just five days.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

Biden will authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to use powers under the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to enable investments in "essential medicines," the White House said in a statement.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

State lawmakers are also bringing legislation that will authorize the state Department of Corrections to sell or distribute the drug stockpile to licensed providers in Washington.

From Washington Times • Apr. 4, 2023

It urged the Congress to “take such measures in their wisdom, as the powers with which they are invested will authorize, for promoting the abolition of slavery, and discouraging every species of traffic in slaves.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis