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How to use authorization in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Authorization means an act of authorizing. Example: “I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.”

Examples of authorization by meaning

nounAn act of authorizing.

  • Our proposal thus envisages a new procedure for the authorization of experimental program1966, Education at Berkeley, page 116
  • His authorization of decapitation targeting is incompatible with his theory of limited war1985 May, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 41, number 5, page 46
  • Its purpose is to govern the authorization of credit institutions and the provision of financial services throughout the EC.1990, Horst Ungerer, The European monetary system: developments and perspectives, page 36

nounThe state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.

  • I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.

nounA document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.

  • Can I see your authorization?

nounPermission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

  • We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.

More sentences with authorization

  • If a judicial authorization is facially valid, the party challenging it will have the burden of proving that it was invalid.From the entry facially
  • Every injection, lockdown, and emergency authorization was somehow part of a divine plan.2025 April 20, Penguin X-01, “CHAPTER SCROLL 2: ORANGE MESSIAH SYNDROME”, in MAGAtards: The False Idol Patriot, PenguinsMerch. From the entry 5D chess
  • Additionally, the IT staff must implement an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server.2016, Wendell Odom, CCNA Routing and Switching ICND2 200-105. From the entry aaa
  • The 15% recent share expansion that Swedish media have been bearposting is for NASDAQ listing float + M&A (and it's authorization).2026 June 25, Serenity, X. From the entry bearpost
  • Some gastroenterologists are concerned about the prior authorization policy.2023 May 26, Jacqueline Howard and Kyla Russell, “As colorectal cancer rises among younger adults, some seek colonoscopies earlier”, in CNN. From the entry gastroenterologist
  • National on a JSA orientation tour crossed, without authorization, the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).2023 July 18, “US national crosses into North Korea during border tour”, in France 24, sourced from United Nations Command 유엔군사령부/유엔사…. From the entry Military Demarcation Line
  • At best, a considerable time elapses between authorization and land acquirement, during which land values may vary impredictably.1952, Annual report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army. From the entry acquirement
  • Giovanni Duran, 42, came to California from El Salvador without federal authorization when he was 2 years old, brought by his family.2025 February 11, Wendy Fry, “‘It was just a regular morning’: Californians picked up in recent ICE raids include kids, volunteers”, in…. From the entry busser
  • He did not have a proper claiming authorization on file, and contended that the trainer had not asked his permission to enter the horse in a claimer.2002, Paul D. Siegel, How to Own Winning Standardbred Racehorses, page 61. From the entry claimer
  • And if a Vietnamese, be it man, woman, or child, refused to di di mau or tried to get away, the authorization was to go ’head and shoot ’em.1984, Wallace Terry, Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War, Random House, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry di di mau

Meaning of authorization

  1. noun An act of authorizing.
  2. noun The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.
  3. noun A document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.

Full definition of authorization

Questions about authorization in a sentence

How do you use authorization in a sentence?
Authorization is used as a noun. For example: “I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.”
What is a short sentence with authorization?
“Can I see your authorization?”
What does authorization mean?
Authorization means an act of authorizing.

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