The phrase "authorities weighed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how officials or governing bodies have considered or evaluated a particular issue or situation.
Example: "After much deliberation, the authorities weighed the potential risks before making their decision."
Alternatives: "officials considered" or "authorities evaluated".
Mr. Hollander also remained in limbo as authorities weighed his importance and the quality of the evidence against him.
Five and a half months after the Sternins had arrived in Vietnam, authorities weighed the children in the district who had participated in the program.
There, they were held on the boat for three days while the authorities weighed up whether to let them in or not; three days of anxious uncertainty aboard a boat that the Nazis has reported sunk.
Update: For my next post on boomers and entitlements, two authorities weighed in: James K. Galbraith, a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and Jim Kessler, the senior vice president for policy at Third Way.
There is no political energy behind the essential inter-departmental efforts that are needed to repair a system worn away by ill-considered cuts in Whitehall, and by local authorities weighed down with too many priorities and a cap on council tax.
Jordan is a close ally of countries like the UK and U.S.; the idea here is that as a result its government would be responsive if the right authorities weighed in.
Far from easing tensions, however, the arrest has inflamed them further as Danish authorities weigh Russia's extradition demands.
Today, 150 children — including Geovany — are still waiting in orphanages and foster homes here while the Guatemalan authorities weigh whether to approve their adoptions to families in the United States.
"We can't have the impacts that people are experiencing today take many months," Thomas F. Prendergast, the authority's interim executive director, said in February, as the authority weighed possible short-term options to restore service.
Interviews with officials in Washington and Louisiana show that as the situation grew worse, they were wrangling with questions of federal/state authority, weighing the realities of military logistics and perhaps talking past each other in the crisis.
Federal authorities also weighed in.
