How to Use unauthorized in a Sentence

unauthorized

adjective
  • That means customers could have had an unauthorized account open for over a decade.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 14 July 2023
  • The unauthorized opening of accounts was the root of the Wells Fargo scandal in previous years.
    Ken Tumin, CBS News, 25 July 2023
  • The man was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
    Joan Rusek, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The chase turned out to be the fourth unauthorized pursuit Sohn has been disciplined for in his 20 years on the Boynton Beach Police force.
    Sun Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Theft of resources: This refers to the unauthorized use of computing resources.
    Dan Branco, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Disney threatened to sue for unauthorized use of a Disney princess.
    Nathan Smith, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
  • For one, what does the United States owe its unauthorized immigrants?
    Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Herman states Hollis had an open warrant out for his arrest for the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle at the time of the chase.
    Dan Carson, Chron, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The letter was unauthorized, and in no way speaks for our institution.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The state denied the request and instead fined North Wildwood for unauthorized beach repairs.
    Michael Casey, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The unauthorized tell-all has a long and (sometimes in)distinguished history, but there can’t have been many like this scathing look inside the culture at the world’s biggest hedge fund.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The Supreme Court of Florida ruled against the plaintiffs, saying that the filmmakers had a right to unauthorized use of the fishermen’s names.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 May 2022
  • The short clip included media commentary and voiceovers about the unauthorized release of the footage.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Declyn Lauper is charged with a felony count of unauthorized use of a vehicle.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 17 July 2022
  • Among the things the system was trained to notice were piles of garbage and mobile street vendors selling their wares on unauthorized corners.
    Josh Chin, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The 24-year-old was taken into custody and charged with felony unauthorized use of a vehicle.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 16 July 2022
  • This will reduce the chances of your data being accessed by unauthorized parties in the future.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Dogs off leash, dogs on leashes longer than six feet and dogs in unauthorized areas of the park are other complaints the Village has received.
    Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
  • In both Lenhoff’s and Dabney’s cases, no unauthorized drones were allowed to fly within that zone from one hour before to one hour after the games.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Check your credit report, and report any unauthorized use of of your credit cards.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • By law, you are entitled to be reimbursed for any unauthorized charges on your card.
    Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
  • The jury found Anyadike and Carey to be liable for invasion of privacy and unauthorized use of name or likeness.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Pierce faces charges of evading arrest and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
    Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Before the teaser was released on Thursday, fans got an unauthorized peek of season three last month.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
  • The unauthorized helicopter landing is attracting attention; video of the flight shows a fight breaking out on the ground as the chopper lifts off.
    Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The state and cities across California have been cracking down on unauthorized homeless camps.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Chris Sims, a comic book author and Batman expert, expects a flood of unauthorized Batman comics to hit the stands as soon as the copyright expires.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
  • When hidden in apps, it can be used to gain unauthorized access to information on a user’s phone.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Musk also continued to share false claims that unauthorized migrants would be allowed to vote, as well as several posts taking digs at legacy media.
    Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The organization said Choi ran with the assistance of two unauthorized people riding the course on electric bicycles, which obstructed runners.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024

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