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Synonyms for say-so
say-so
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Princeton's WordNet
say-sonoun
one chap's arbitrary assertion
Synonyms:
potency, authorisation, dominance, authority, authorization, pronouncement, dictumpronouncement, dictum, say-sonoun
an authoritative declaration
Synonyms:
potency, obiter dictum, dominance, authority, dictum, authorisation, pronouncement, authorizationauthority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-sonoun
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
"he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"
Synonyms:
potence, potency, government agency, potentiality, federal agency, assurance, ascendance, authorization, ascendency, control, strength, effectiveness, self-confidence, laterality, potential, self-assurance, agency, dictum, ascendancy, sanction, dominance, sureness, confidence, bureau, office, authority, empowerment, ascendence, authorisation, mandate, pronouncement
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#1224 | potential | |
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#116981 | laterality | |
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#234524 | sureness |
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Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19, senior scientists were quietly saying to me, 'We think you're right that it does need to be taken seriously, but we don't say so because the funding agencies might give us a hard time.'.
If the military government wants to stay in power longer it should just say so, but it should not hand back only a bit of power.
As a big European Union member state, The UK could essentially call the shots. If it agreed with a Commission policy, it would say so loudly at European Union. If it disagreed, it could say so even louder and build coalitions with other like-minded member states. That was obviously never going to work with Boris Johnsons Brexit. The UK would be sitting on the other side of the table with 27 member states opposite.
You’d be surprised how many kids do not know what to say, parents can role-play with their kids to give them options on what to say so they are ready when it happens.
So my concern on that is as you do this over time, you continue to pervert the news cycle, right? let's take this so-called controversy over critical race theory. And I say ‘so-called controversy’ because it's sort of – it's a creation… It's a faux controversy that's being ginned up. And I guess it just gets attention. It keeps people watching or it keeps people clicking or, you know, all of that. That's the concern.
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