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The phrase "authorities rejected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where official bodies or organizations have dismissed or turned down a proposal, request, or claim.
Example: "The authorities rejected the application for the new construction project due to environmental concerns."
Alternatives: "officials dismissed" or "regulators turned down".
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Government authorities rejected the invitation.
Authorities rejected that gambit.
(The Egyptian authorities rejected multiple requests to speak with Fadl in prison).
American immigration authorities rejected his application for asylum, over an unpaid fine in Canada.
In principle, the French authorities rejected the multiculturalist approach that Britain had adopted.
But the authorities rejected demands by the defeated Mir Hossein Mousavi to annul the election.
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April 2005 - Commons authorities reject request and appeals are sent to the Information Commissioner.
He added: "The TIU and the tennis authorities reject any suggestion that evidence of match-fixing has been suppressed or isn't being thoroughly investigated.
As predicted by this column in June 2009, its promises over investor returns were always likely to be hard to uphold, with planning authorities rejecting its applications.
He said a parliamentary committee would suffer a "damaging and very public setback if the authorities reject a recommendation to prosecute a witness".
While Guantánamo Bay authorities reject any assertion that the treatment is brutal, Kessler in 2013 called the force feedings "a painful, humiliating and degrading process".
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