authorized
adjective
au·tho·rized
ˈȯ-thə-ˌrīzd 
1
: endowed with authority
an authorized representative
2
: sanctioned by authority : having or done with legal or official approval
an authorized biography
an authorized translation
Examples of authorized in a Sentence
an authorized biography of the former president
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Typically, when emails are forwarded, SPF (Sender Policy Framework) checks fail because the forwarding server isn't listed as an authorized sender.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Filmmaker Frank Marshall is set to helm the authorized feature-length project for Apple.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Mike Wagner is a former board member of Kitten’s First for the San Jose Animal Care Center, an authorized nonprofit partner that managed a foster kitten program for the shelter.
—Michael Wagner, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Sneakers debuted a year before the US government introduced the Clipper chip, a telecom encryption chipset co-developed by the NSA for use in consumer hardware that kept individualized decryption keys in escrow for authorized law-enforcement and national-security access to calls.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Filmmaker Frank Marshall is set to helm the authorized feature-length project for Apple.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Mike Wagner is a former board member of Kitten’s First for the San Jose Animal Care Center, an authorized nonprofit partner that managed a foster kitten program for the shelter.
—Michael Wagner, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Sneakers debuted a year before the US government introduced the Clipper chip, a telecom encryption chipset co-developed by the NSA for use in consumer hardware that kept individualized decryption keys in escrow for authorized law-enforcement and national-security access to calls.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Authorized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/authorized. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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