How to Use under the authority of in a Sentence

under the authority of

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• The vessel was, in legal terms, stateless, sailing under the authority of no nation on Earth.
  — Charles Edward Gehrke, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
• Such an amendment should also put the people in the Legislature under the authority of the ethics watchdog.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
• There are plenty of people who propose bringing it more under the authority of the State Department.
  — CBS News, 2 Feb. 2025
• Assistant chiefs serve under the authority of the chief and can be demoted without explanation.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• The Corps’ infrastructure at the falls now carries vessels through smoothly, from barges to kayaks, under the authority of the lockmaster.
  — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2024
• All these officials work under the authority of the pope, advocating for and implementing his agenda.
  — Daniel Speed Thompson, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
• All emergency agencies, including the police and fire departments, will be under the authority of the new director.
  — Andy Rose, Sara Sidner and Alaa Elassar, CNN, 15 May 2021
• Failing that, the city could sue the commission, which is under the authority of Governor Gavin Newsom.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 15 Aug. 2023
• The Biden administration has also expelled migrants more than 2 million times under the authority of the public health rule.
  — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• The law creates an office of early childhood education, which will be under the authority of the secretary of education.
  — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2023
• Then that puts it basically under the authority of a federal court to enforce that the changes are actually done, and those changes the city officials warn could take years to implement overall.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
• Denning said there is Supreme Court precedent that helps define when an officer is actually an officer, acting under the authority of state law.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
• These officials work for the Waqf directorate, which is under the authority of the Jordanian government.
  — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022
• Taylor was with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, on March 13 when officers entered her home under the authority of a no-knock search warrant.
  — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 21 Aug. 2020
• Those officers are still under the authority of the Miami-Dade Police Department, but the team pays the county for their time.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
• The four officers will now be placed under the authority of an investigating magistrate who will work with police to gather evidence to determine whether the officers should stand trial.
  — Sam Schechner, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2020
• The team operates with a high level of autonomy, often working directly under the authority of the Governor of Hawaii.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
• State wildlife managers have relocated Mexican gray wolves who have wandered north of Interstate 40 in the past under the authority of a recovery permit.
  — John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
• In response, hundreds of thousands of armed Sunni men, nominally under the authority of the defense ministry, rushed to Hama, Latakia, and Tartus ready to fight.
  — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025
• For example, immigration is an issue that the Constitution places squarely under the authority of the federal government.
  — Kenneth Michael White, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
• Last season, the Guardia di Finanza, a law enforcement agency under the authority of the minister of economy and finance, seized the holding company that owns a majority stake in the club.
  — James Horncastle, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
• The district is still under state receivership after running out of money in 2003 and remains under the authority of a fiscal trustee, who has the power to nullify the vote based on the district’s financial outlook.
  — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Jan. 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
• This coefficient accounts for the impact that technological and other developments under the authority of the university have on global industry.
  — Time Staff, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
• Meanwhile the Jackson County sheriff’s office, under the authority of Sheriff Granville Richart, was still a part of the Pendergast machine.
  — Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
• The law further prevents political committees or a person acting under the authority of such committees, other than those organized on behalf of a ballot question, from accepting such corporate gifts, payments or promises.
  — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
• When the commission was abolished in 2020, existing charter schools were placed under the authority of the Illinois State Board of Education.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
• Recognizing a Palestinian state under the authority of the PLO harms Hamas and rewards the patient diplomacy and commitment to peace of its rivals in Fatah.
  — Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
• Shortly before the meeting, Aitken had written asking that his work be published under the authority of Congress, and that he be commissioned as the official Bible printer for the new nation, noting his intent to put the Bibles into schools.
  — Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 8 July 2024
• In May 2020, a federal grand jury indicted the officers for violating Floyd’s civil rights while acting under the authority of the government as members of law enforcement.
  — Ashlee Banks, Essence, 14 Sep. 2021