How to Use in a position of authority in a Sentence

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• The male staff member, by contrast, was not only a grown man, but was in a position of authority over her as a Turn-About staff member.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2021
• Only after the threat had diminished did anyone in a position of authority summon the gumption to tell the truth.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 6 Mar. 2023
• That prompted alarm among some of Mr. Trump’s allies and advisers about his remaining in a position of authority on the legal team.
  — Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2022
• Rather than give up, that is the time to identify a third party in a position of authority: a spouse, a boss, a mutual friend — or a human resources director.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
• This makes a certain amount of logical sense, but no entity in a position of authority has weighed in with specificity just yet.
  — New York Times, 2 July 2022
• Every power source failed to some extent, and so did everyone in a position of authority.
  — David Blackmon, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• That includes normalizing the idea of a woman in a position of authority in agriculture.
  — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 11 May 2023
• That includes normalizing the idea of a woman in a position of authority in agriculture.
  — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 11 May 2023
• While the director acknowledges that there could be awkwardness working in a position of authority with your older brother, that's never been the case between him and Rob.
  — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 3 May 2021
• But giving an underling space to say no does not give a founder, owner, manager, or anyone else in a position of authority a free pass to proposition people at the office.
  — Heather Landy, Quartz, 18 May 2021
• Beware of email solicitations urging you to take immediate action or if the email claims to be from someone in a position of authority.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2022
• My character summed up in one sentence Emily is a people-pleaser with imposter syndrome who is in over her head in a position of authority surrounded by animals.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
• For example, people who are in a position of authority within a group often feel a greater responsibility to act.
  — Catherine A. Sanderson, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• The state is already on the record that among the factors are: Floyd was especially vulnerable, Chauvin was a uniformed police officer acting in a position of authority, and his acts were witnessed by children, one of them 9 years old.
  — Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
• To this day, no one in a position of authority has taken responsibility.
  — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2020
• These folks considered Armstrong a familiar face in a position of authority in local law enforcement.
  — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2023
• In the world of police procedurals, an older man in a position of authority, sincerely and enthusiastically telling a colleague to shut up and make space for a young Black woman, counts as a small but palpable revelation.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 May 2021
• Unfortunate, presumably because the incident demonstrates that abuse of power, cruelty, and violence are temptations that face every man in a position of authority over another man, whatever his color.
  — The Editors, National Review, 30 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024