under the authority of
idiom
: with the permission of (someone in power)
He was acting under the authority of the company president.
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In memos circulating on social media, Trump administration officials call for moving USAID’s independent operations under the authority of the State Department and renaming its work the U.S. Agency for International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA).
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
The order also applies to libraries under the authority of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, Army Special Operations Command and the Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Congress zeroed out funding for the center at the end of 2024, and the outgoing Biden administration restructured the GEC, placing its approximately 50 employees under the authority of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
The county will now run all electronic monitoring through the court system, merging parallel programs that have previously operated separately under the authority of Sheriff Tom Dart and Chief Judge Tim Evans.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
The order also applies to libraries under the authority of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, Army Special Operations Command and the Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Congress zeroed out funding for the center at the end of 2024, and the outgoing Biden administration restructured the GEC, placing its approximately 50 employees under the authority of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
The county will now run all electronic monitoring through the court system, merging parallel programs that have previously operated separately under the authority of Sheriff Tom Dart and Chief Judge Tim Evans.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Under the authority of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20the%20authority%20of. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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