1
as in permission
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
you will need the authorization of the council before you can act
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2
as in mandate
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
his authorization to go ahead with the project was finally given
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Recent Examples of authorization
Lightrocket | Getty Images Alphabet's health tech subsidiary Verily used the health data of more than 25,000 patients without authorization and actively covered up those violations, a former company executive alleges.
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Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
His boss, roofing contractor Clayton Baker, told WXXI that Chino has lived in the United States for 25 years, has work authorization, and is expecting a child.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Democrats criticized the Trump Administration in their address to Dr. Oz, highlighting how government officials had already publicly recognized the issues with prior authorization.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
For example, the sectoral tariffs were imposed under separate authorization based on national security.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
His boss, roofing contractor Clayton Baker, told WXXI that Chino has lived in the United States for 25 years, has work authorization, and is expecting a child.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Democrats criticized the Trump Administration in their address to Dr. Oz, highlighting how government officials had already publicly recognized the issues with prior authorization.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
For example, the sectoral tariffs were imposed under separate authorization based on national security.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for authorization
Recent Examples of Synonyms for authorization
Noun
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Why does the opening of a cardboard box give me tacit permission to act like a sociopath?—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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The company is adding agentic capabilities to Seller Assistant, its AI tool for third-party sellers, meaning the software can take action on a merchant's behalf with their permission, Amazon said.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Logging later resumed under an archaic mandate and approval processes that a past Cal Fire director and others say still violates key laws such as CEQA and works at cross purposes to the missions of other agencies.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Last month, the UK government dropped its mandate requiring Apple to provide backdoor access to Americans' iCloud data.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
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The 20-to-30 degrees of galactic latitude, both north and south of the galactic plane, were dubbed the Zone of Avoidance in the late 19th century, because while there were huge numbers of spiral nebulae elsewhere, all across the sky, there were none found in or near the plane of the Milky Way.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Underwater ecosystems span Japan’s islands and latitudes.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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Concerns have already been raised over the dangers of nudification apps that can be used to create pornographic images of people without their consent.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Reuters — The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Educational accreditation bodies, healthcare management organizations and professional associations often welcome collaborations that advance industry standards.—
Kiyoshi Oka,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Controversial pastor David Jang's disciples are pursuing accreditation for a new college as the sect's flagship school, Olivet University—accused in lawsuits of racketeering and trafficking foreign students—faces the prospect of losing its degree-granting status.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The man eventually produced his Real ID, a type of special drivers license that requires someone to show proof of legal residence.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The biggest concerns have been higher costs driven by a shift from perpetual licenses to subscriptions and the bundling of products into fewer, more expensive SKUs and a reduction in the number of channel partners that are allowed to resell VMware technologies.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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There’s a certain freedom not having social media available from your app launcher, knowing you won’t get disturbed on this device, but are still able to sit back with a good book, some light jazz, and… not much else.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2025
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Touch controls aren't supported here.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Authorization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authorization. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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