under the authority of
idiom
: with the permission of (someone in power)
He was acting under the authority of the company president.
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Residents will face a choice of coming full under the authority of Baghdad, joining the Kurdish Regional Government, or remaining as a semi-autonomous area.
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Luay Al Khatteeb, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2016
Miami-Dade’s jail system will remain under the authority of the mayor next January, when an independent Miami-Dade sheriff is slated to take office for the first time since the 1960s under a state constitutional amendment approved in 2018.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2024
One of the big-ticket projects is the county Department of Youth Development, created in June 2022 with a $50.6-million budget for programs to keep at-risk youth out of juvenile jails — especially out from under the authority of the county Probation Department.
—Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
Assistant chiefs serve under the authority of the chief and can be demoted without explanation.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
The Second Vatican Council stated that the entire college of all Catholic bishops, under the authority of the pope, also serve as the church’s highest authority.
—Daniel Speed Thompson, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
Mike Gundy is treating ASU like a scrimmage Hobbs and the Department of Administration made the changes under the authority of an existing state rule that allows the Department of Administration director to launch pilot programs limited to two years.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
That people were so eager to believe the outlandish story presaged what was to come in the 1980s and 1990s: a frenzy of sensational hype about crack cocaine that presented a whole universe of racist lore under the authority of credible news outlets.
—Zachary Siegel, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
In a separate filing to the U.S. district court, Shafer said the indictment charges him with conduct that stems from his role as a Republican nominee as a presidential elector acting under the authority of the Constitution and federal law.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2023
Luay Al Khatteeb, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2016
Miami-Dade’s jail system will remain under the authority of the mayor next January, when an independent Miami-Dade sheriff is slated to take office for the first time since the 1960s under a state constitutional amendment approved in 2018.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2024
One of the big-ticket projects is the county Department of Youth Development, created in June 2022 with a $50.6-million budget for programs to keep at-risk youth out of juvenile jails — especially out from under the authority of the county Probation Department.
—Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
Assistant chiefs serve under the authority of the chief and can be demoted without explanation.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
The Second Vatican Council stated that the entire college of all Catholic bishops, under the authority of the pope, also serve as the church’s highest authority.
—Daniel Speed Thompson, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
Mike Gundy is treating ASU like a scrimmage Hobbs and the Department of Administration made the changes under the authority of an existing state rule that allows the Department of Administration director to launch pilot programs limited to two years.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
That people were so eager to believe the outlandish story presaged what was to come in the 1980s and 1990s: a frenzy of sensational hype about crack cocaine that presented a whole universe of racist lore under the authority of credible news outlets.
—Zachary Siegel, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
In a separate filing to the U.S. district court, Shafer said the indictment charges him with conduct that stems from his role as a Republican nominee as a presidential elector acting under the authority of the Constitution and federal law.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2023
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