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Discover LudwigThe phrase "authorizing over" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where one entity is granting permission or authority over something to another entity, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "The board is authorizing over the new policy changes to ensure compliance."
Alternatives: "granting authority over" or "giving permission for".
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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 defendants, Canada and the province of Alberta, are accused of authorizing over 20,000 permits that collectively threaten the Beaver Lake Cree's treaty rights.
The defendants, Canada and Alberta, are accused of authorizing over 20,000 permits that collectively threaten the Beaver Lake Cree's treaty rights.
For the past two years, the United States Congress has been given the opportunity to pass the International Violence Against Women Act, authorizing over $1 billion to be spent on the kinds of programs highlighted by Kristof and WuDunn in Half the Sky.
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The authority's board has authorized over $800 million so far to help with Mr. Silverstein's financing.
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.
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.
The filing authorizes over 37 million shares of Series D preferred stock at $27 per share.
In 2005, Congress authorized over $7 billion for pandemic preparedness, including funding for private firms to develop cell-based vaccine production technologies in the U.S.
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