in a position of authority
idiom
: having official power to make important decisions
No one in a position of authority objected to the plan.
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Someone in a position of authority can remove all rationality from a person’s responses.
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Mike Sacks, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Much of Christian nationalism believe and teach that a female cannot be in a position of authority over males.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
And no one in a position of authority is seriously talking about reinstating the nineteenth-century gold standard.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2011
Over and over in her stories, a person in a position of authority sees an opportunity to help a child, or a young adult, or someone else in distress, and chooses not to.
—Jess Row, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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Mike Sacks, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Much of Christian nationalism believe and teach that a female cannot be in a position of authority over males.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
And no one in a position of authority is seriously talking about reinstating the nineteenth-century gold standard.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2011
Over and over in her stories, a person in a position of authority sees an opportunity to help a child, or a young adult, or someone else in distress, and chooses not to.
—Jess Row, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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“In a position of authority.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%20position%20of%20authority. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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