authority
Usage
Example Sentences
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Koh was seen as a child prodigy by North Korean authorities.
"Potholes are very much a local authority problem, as it occurs on their roads," says Cebon.
From BBC
"We agree that no company should have blanket immunity," it said in a statement to AFP, adding the legislation "simply seeks to reaffirm that EPA is the primary federal authority" for pesticide labeling.
From Barron's
The gas-rich country's museums authority has in the past reported an annual budget of roughly $1 billion a year to spend on art.
From Barron's
The scruffy schoolboy-look was rectified by an anonymous figure inadvertently stealing the situation's authority.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
