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authorize

[aw-thuh-rahyz] / ˈɔ θəˌraɪz /




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Walmart, however, said it would allow consumers to authorize AI agents and distinguish between the purchases they and the agents initiated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Sanchez said the photo of the student, which circulated online, didn’t raise alarms because California law allows voters to authorize another person to return their completed ballots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

The employer group had warned that the guards had voted to authorize a strike that could begin as soon as the current contract expired if a deal wasn’t reached.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

He had already alerted a Norwegian court with jurisdiction over Svalbard that Wikborg would file an urgent request to authorize the ship’s seizure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

“That’s not how this works. We didn’t authorize anyone to put out any fires.”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

From there, they were able to gain access to the system that authorizes wallet transactions, Teng says, noting that the entire process took months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Wilson has an influential role on the House Armed Services Committee, which authorizes defense spending.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The law, which went into effect immediately, also authorizes the state tax agency to impose tax liability on individual members of a business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Some banks will freeze accounts unless the owner authorizes transactions — why didn’t your bank do that in your case?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

It also says the Bishop of Jerusalem of the Arab Episcopal Church authorizes it.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Credit cards come with fraud protection for users, but banks don’t view an authorized charge the same way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Eight Mile Style “never authorized Suno to copy, reproduce, or otherwise use” its copyrighted material, yet the company “trained its AI model” on Eight Mile’s music, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

“We made alignment a central focus of GPT‑6 Cyber, using specialized training to help the model stay within authorized scope, follow restrictions on its actions, and report its work accurately.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The French government, “compelled to curtail the costs of its colonial experiments,” now offered the whole of Louisiana in return for a much larger sum than Monroe’s instructions authorized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

She was counted among the S.O.B.—Souls On Board—when the lads took off, but she certainly wasn’t authorized to be there coaxing along the novice bombing crews as they practiced low flying over the high moors.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

California voters have passed Proposition 38, authorizing the state to issue $8.4 billion in bonds to fund immunology and immunotherapy research aimed at curing and preventing certain chronic diseases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

It also suggests the search was conducted in a manner that didn’t follow the authorizing magistrate’s specific instructions, including that the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged advertisements," Rochon said in the court order.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Nvidia has made another big splash, with its board of directors authorizing another $150 billion in stock buybacks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

When Quintilian says that circumstantial evidence can take the place of a witness, later lawyers took him as authorizing it to be considered as half of a complete proof.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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