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Example sentences for: authorities

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The act also requires the 24 major agencies to have CFOs and deputy CFOs and lays out their authorities and functions.
The CIO and decision-making authorities decide what type of work is appropriate to outsource and what type of work is best performed internally.
Citing privacy concerns, America Online would not divulge the real names of the chat room users to the health authorities.
A piece inside the WP about the use of songs by law enforcement authorities in hostage situations notes that the music used at Waco against David Koresh "was selected ad hoc from the personal cassettes of FBI agents."
Do I tell the authorities and let the chips fall where they may, or hold it in and not risk the guilt that would come from watching him lose his job and possibly face a criminal charge?