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Discover LudwigThe phrase "authorized over" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where one entity has the authority to act on behalf of another, but it is better to use clearer expressions.
Example: "The manager is authorized over the project decisions."
Alternatives: "authorized to" or "given authority over".
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The authority's board has authorized over $800 million so far to help with Mr. Silverstein's financing.
AMF has authorized over one hundred retail outlets to sell the Slickcraft line.
Mr. Evans didn't have much paperwork to substantiate his efforts because almost all of the projects had been authorized over the telephone or during conversations at the racetrack.
It is true that in the 2012 fiscal year, the Pentagon had planned to halt the refurbishment of tanks for a few years, but Congress rejected those plans and instead authorized over $500 million for modifying or upgrading the tanks.
Some $500 million was authorized over nine years to help the FDA with its implementation.
Between 1929 and 1975, the North Carolina Eugenics Board authorized over eight thousand eugenic sterilizations.
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The health advocacy group Public Citizen asked the Food and Drug Administration in 2009 what it would take for the agency to authorize over-the-counter sales.
The bill specifically authorizes over $1 billion for the first 10 of 68 planned projects.
In a scathing critique of the Bloomberg administration's oversight practices, New York City's top fiscal watchdog has accused the city's main agency for economic development of allowing a contract with a construction company to balloon by tenfold in three years to nearly $74 million, and authorizing over $3 million in dubious payments.
They have done so by loosening restrictions on Embassy Asmara (REF), by engaging in more diplomatic interaction with embassy personnel, by ending the daily anti-American diatribes in state-owned media, by sending congratulatory letters to President Obama and Secretary Clinton, and by authorizing over $100,000 to support ongoing U.S. medical volunteer programs such as Physicians for Peace.
The filing authorizes over 37 million shares of Series D preferred stock at $27 per share.
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