How to Use in a position of authority in a Sentence

in a position of authority

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  • Call the hotel and talk to someone in a position of authority.
    — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, romance with a boss or someone in a position of authority might begin.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This is the classic day for a romance to begin with your boss or someone in a position of authority.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 June 2025
  • In fact, some of you might strike up a flirtation or a new romance with a boss or someone in a position of authority.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 23 May 2025
  • Later in the day, someone older or in a position of authority might rain on your parade.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Someone older or in a position of authority might be critical of fun plans.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2025
  • This is the classic day for disagreements with anyone in a position of authority.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
  • In fact, a flirtation or a romance with someone in a position of authority might begin.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Every power source failed to some extent, and so did everyone in a position of authority.
    — David Blackmon, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • One was whether the officials had ever lied, either to people close to them or to someone in a position of authority.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Nevertheless, someone in a position of authority might catch you off guard.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 2 Jan. 2025
  • However, someone in a position of authority – a parent, boss or the police – might catch you off guard today.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026
  • 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
  • No one has any idea what the fallout here will be, nor does anyone in a position of authority seem to be particularly concerned.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Public power is not supposed to be exercised only on the ground that those in a position of authority think that it should be so exercised.
    — Cass Sunstein, Big Think, 5 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Trying to get anyone in a position of authority to understand that tragedy-- tragedy was imminent.
    — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Others might be thrilled to receive a practical or financial favor from someone in a position of authority.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • To this day, no one in a position of authority has taken responsibility.
    — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2020
  • That includes normalizing the idea of a woman in a position of authority in agriculture.
    — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 11 May 2023
  • 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
  • However, later in the day, a parent, boss or someone in a position of authority (including the police) might surprise you.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trump is hardly known for his restraint under typical circumstances, but especially when told to do something by a person in a position of authority.
    — Nicholas Nehamas, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
  • These folks considered Armstrong a familiar face in a position of authority in local law enforcement.
    — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The report, however, notes that Uthmeier was in a position of authority over the aides leading the negotiations.
    — Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

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