authority
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However, most authority for running elections falls to the states.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
In February, he enacted an across-the-board 10% tariff under a temporary authority that will expire in July.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Discretion that is “suitably directed and limited” would “ensure … the sentencing authority is apprised of the information relevant to the imposition of sentence and provided with standards to guide its use of that information.”
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
That was in marked contrast to the start of the match, with Zverev racing through the first set and quickly reasserting his authority after Cobolli snatched the second.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“The executive authority is so wholly out of my sphere,” he observed, “and it is so delicate a thing for me to meddle in that, I avoid it as much as possible.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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