Sentence examples for be authorities from inspiring English sources
noun
The power to enforce rules or give orders.
- I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.
Do institutions serve primarily as reflections, or might they also be authorities from which Western views of the world originate?
Political correctness is, essentially, a family of suggestions: don't talk over people who have been historically silenced; demand and make way for diverse representation; trust people to be authorities on their own lives; be cognisant and careful with other people's trauma; listen, and be kind.
At the University of Wollongong, PhD theses are sent to two external examiners, who are expected to be authorities in relevant fields.
The report's currency, so to speak, is derived from the observations of German institutional investors and analysts who by virtue of their vocation are taken to be authorities.
Because reviewers who are chosen for their expertise in the subject matter of a study may not be authorities in statistics as well, statistical errors in manuscripts may slip through undetected.
But as whimsical as the name might be, authorities aren't taking winter storm Q lightly.
There are authorities who share this view.
Were authorities prepared?
"This is authority that nobody has today".
