centralized authority

collocation in English

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centralize
verb[T]
uk
/ˈsen.trə.laɪz/us
/ˈsen.trə.laɪz/
to remove authority in a system, company, country, etc. from local places to one central place so that the whole system, etc. is under ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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Historically, economic security and economic advancement could be achieved mainly through or with the support of somecentralizedauthority.
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The young chief executive, who relished thecentralizedauthority, became a connoisseur of power.
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As the narratives detail, these enclaves differed in the degree to which theycentralizedauthority.
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The war on terror generates its own version of the paradox by which battle fatigue coexists with expansive license tocentralizedauthority.
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Thus, had either set of interests wieldedcentralizedauthority, the outcome would most likely have redistributed long-run burdens in favour of those governing interests, without significant investment.
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Here the key point seems to be that all these states had effectivecentralizedauthorityand that views dissenting from government policies had little opportunity for effective expression.
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Political and military consolidation ensued, resulting in firmly establishedcentralizedauthority.
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However, it also includes the themes of mental illness, the physics of time and the dangers ofcentralizedauthority.
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The male elder, the "ihumataq" (group leader), was thecentralizedauthority.
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All of whichcentralizedauthority, develop an institutionalized structure, and provides a means by which policy is made.
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But that was attached to macro behavior and policy by assumed somecentralizedauthoritythat provided subsidies.
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He installed the autocratic republic, whichcentralizedauthorityin the national government.
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Cosmology was not handed down from acentralizedauthority.
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It holds that the lowest or leastcentralizedauthoritywhich is capable of addressing an issue effectively should do so.
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This farming technology is similar to cross-channel terraces as a labor-intensive system that supported a strongcentralizedauthority.
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It also entered into treaties with foreign powers and exerted strongcentralizedauthorityon the domestic front.
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The polity maintained a robust trading network, entered into treaties with foreign powers, and exerted strongcentralizedauthorityon the domestic front.
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The basic of leaderless resistance is that there is nocentralizedauthorityor chain-of-command.
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In order to create a cohesive government, the framers felt certain powers must have belonged to acentralizedauthority.
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Linkage institutions provide the means to connect those individuals within a society to thecentralizedauthority.
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