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authorities
has definitions from the field of government
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[ noun ] (government) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
Synonyms Examples "the government reduced taxes" "the matter was referred to higher authorities" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)To reduce further the flow of goods from England , the Company 's local officials asked that its London authorities refrain_from forwarding any more trade goods to these men . (Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)During World_War 2 , about 7.5 million persons were enrolled in courses organized under two special programs administered by state and local school authorities : ( 1 ) Vocational Education for National Defense , and ( 2 ) War Production Training . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)The authorities had to release him . |
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