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authorize

verb as in give power or control

verb as in permit, allow

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Another part of Hadwick’s bill would authorize the Fish and Game Commission to decide whether hunters could use hounds once more to hunt and kill bears.

A U.S. president can impose new import taxes without approval from Congress by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which authorizes executive action to counter threats to national security, foreign policy or the economy.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissented, noting that the law authorizes the EPA to enforce “any limitation” need to protect clean water.

She had previously signed a Right of Entry form, which grants permission for debris cleanup and authorizes hazardous tree removal — a subjective assessment — but had tried to rescind it.

Citi described the incident as a “near miss” — incidents where banks authorize the wrong amount of money, but are able to recover everything — marking the latest accident in a string of errors at the company.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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