authorities
Example Sentences
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Chinese authorities confirmed five deaths and 558 missing, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Despite lifting the state of emergency, the authorities remain wary of RSF infiltration.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Serbian officials were awaiting details on when authorities in The Hague would release the body, he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
None of the identities stuck, as both Belgian and Swiss authorities quickly disproved the pair’s claims to citizenship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Facts could be checked, experiments replicated, authorities could be set side by side and compared.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
