authoritative

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First filmed before the pandemic and launched in its throes, a survivor of the era of streaming wars, corporate consolidation and Hollywood strikes, HBO’s addictively dissolute workplace drama remains as ambitious and authoritative as ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

But as long as all parties regard our founding documents as the authoritative basis for political argument, our house will remain united.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The resolution welcomes the ICJ opinion "as an authoritative contribution to the clarification of existing international law" and calls on states to "comply with their respective obligations" to protect the global climate.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

"Any rare changes we do make are usually as a result of changes made by either authoritative bodies or when a name falls into disuse and another name comes into use," it said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

They’re usually assertive, sound quite authoritative, and speak a strange language of puts, calls, Ginnie Maes, and zero-coupons.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos