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- only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots
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- this pass will authorize you to go backstage
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- empower,
- enable,
- enfranchise,
- license
- (also licence)
- accredit,
- certificate,
- certify,
- charter
- [British],
- ratify
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- a system for sound reproduction that has been authorized as meeting the electronic industry's highest standards
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