authoritative
adjective
, 券-, -藞th券r-\
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classic, classical, definitive, magisterial
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Issues & Controversies provides accurate, accessible, and authoritative content and presents arguments on both sides of each issue in a clear, balanced, and unbiased manner. — courant.com, "Community News For The Windsor Locks Edition," 21 Aug. 2019 How did actress Alyssa Milano become an authoritative voice on American politics? — Fortune, "Thank You, Toni Morrison: The Broadsheet," 7 Aug. 2019 But with continual human feedback, systems can learn when to treat the outliers as authoritative. — E鈥檔arda Mccalister, Billboard, "Why Humans & Computers Must Work Together to Secure the Future of Music Rights (Guest Op-Ed)," 30 July 2019 The division produces annual reports on how each of nearly 200 countries handles human rights, studies that are widely praised as authoritative and thorough. — Los Angeles Times, "Under Trump, the U.S. emphasis on human rights abroad is shifting toward religious protections," 22 July 2019 Avoiding the phrase makes spokespeople sound more authoritative. — Suresh Rangarajan, Quartz India, "It鈥檚 2019 and Indian businesses need to retire these clich茅d phrases," 31 July 2019 The world鈥檚 largest public health authority has weighed in with the most authoritative statement yet on the use of Crispr to alter the DNA of human babies. — Megan Molteni, WIRED, "The World Health Organization Says No More Gene-Edited Babies," 30 July 2019 No authoritative numbers exist, but off-grid life seems to be growing, often in states with cheap land (Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri), sunshine and cheap land (Nevada, Arizona, Texas), and/or frontier appeal (Alaska, Idaho). — Ted Conover, Harper's magazine, "The Last Frontier," 22 July 2019 Hugo Lloris The quiet, calmly authoritative French soccer captain led his youthful team to victory in the 2018 World Cup without being named the tournament鈥檚 top goalkeeper. — Sam Walker, WSJ, "Close the Hall of Fame, Cancel the MVP Award: There鈥檚 a Better Way," 27 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'authoritative.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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