1
as in permissions
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 mandates
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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as in latitudes
the right to act or move freely
granted authorization to enter the military facility
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Recent Examples of authorizations
Specifically, the company is bringing together two often separated ecosystems into one seamless workflow, welding the gap between prior authorizations and post-service claims and coding validation.
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Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In 34 states, CVS will continue to offer COVID vaccines for those who fall under the new FDA authorizations.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
On April 27 Kennedy announced that emergency-use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines had been terminated.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
In June, a White House official said the administration was preparing for the possibility of revoking the authorizations if trade negotiations with China collapsed.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The agency also revoked emergency authorizations for the shots in children, which means the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer is no longer approved for kids under the age of 5.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Kennedy is a prominent vaccine skeptic and petitioned the FDA in 2021 to revoke the emergency-use authorizations of the COVID-19 vaccines, as thousands of people were dying of the virus.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 22 Aug. 2025
The five‑year permit granted to ASC covers the operation of a launch center in Malbusca, an area within the Azores, but does not include individual launch authorizations.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Massachusetts issued driver’s licenses regardless of immigration status, and the Healey Administration pulled out the stops to get work authorizations for migrants.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In 34 states, CVS will continue to offer COVID vaccines for those who fall under the new FDA authorizations.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
On April 27 Kennedy announced that emergency-use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines had been terminated.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
In June, a White House official said the administration was preparing for the possibility of revoking the authorizations if trade negotiations with China collapsed.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The agency also revoked emergency authorizations for the shots in children, which means the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer is no longer approved for kids under the age of 5.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Kennedy is a prominent vaccine skeptic and petitioned the FDA in 2021 to revoke the emergency-use authorizations of the COVID-19 vaccines, as thousands of people were dying of the virus.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 22 Aug. 2025
The five‑year permit granted to ASC covers the operation of a launch center in Malbusca, an area within the Azores, but does not include individual launch authorizations.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Massachusetts issued driver’s licenses regardless of immigration status, and the Healey Administration pulled out the stops to get work authorizations for migrants.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for authorizations
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The visible part of commerce would shrink, but the trust layer including tokens, credentials and permissions would grow.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In tandem with this, the brand has recently obtained rare FAA permissions to fly over people and vehicles in dense urban areas, such as Boston, which indicates its regulatory leadership.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Projects on land owned by transit agencies face even stricter mandates of 25%.—
Kate Talerico,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Since then, the Supreme Court has said that agencies should not interpret statutes broadly and has left it up to Congress to clearly and explicitly articulate mandates.—
Dan Riskin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Underwater ecosystems span Japan’s islands and latitudes.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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October is also a peak month for displays of the Northern Lights; if geomagnetic activity is high, some observers at northern latitudes may also see the comet amid auroras.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Before allowing the use of advertising pixels, cookies or other tracking tools, businesses should investigate what those technologies collect, how that data will be used and what disclosures or consents are required.—
Jodi Daniels,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Its national accreditations limit how many autopsies each of those pathologists can do — a rule that’s designed to help keep the doctors from being overworked and error-prone but causes backlogs when there’s too much demand.—
Audrey Dutton,
ProPublica,
26 Aug. 2025
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Prospective patients should verify clinic accreditations and surgeon qualifications.—
Kyle J. Russell,
The Enquirer,
29 Nov. 2024
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Take an inventory of all your existing IT tools, software licenses and security policies.—
Rajat Bhargava,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Those efforts include exploration, better understanding of resource bases and getting licenses and permitting underway.—
April Roach,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pyongyang has continued to exercise significant control over the population and severely restrict the rights and freedoms of its population, and that has only gotten more intense over the last decade.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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When one person’s rights are stripped away, the thread that binds all our freedoms begins to fray.—
Norma Chavez-Peterson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Modified plants grew two to three times heavier than controls.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Ten years ago, several sites, including YouTube and Tumblr, also lacked guardrails and only added meaningful parental controls in recent years.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Authorizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authorizations. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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