Sanctioned

And accordingly, without any petty distinctions of party, or class, or creed, they decided to band themselves into a body of volunteers and they adopted a title sanctioned in Irish history -- namely, the Irish ❋ Unknown (1910)

One might as well charge Jesus with legalism in adopting a term sanctioned by God ❋ George Adam Smith (1899)

Does my, and the majority of other people voting in "sanctioned" elections count? ❋ Unknown (2008)

I know it is the accepted designation for eighteen-year-old human females, the legally correct word, a word sanctioned by the restroom doors at some of the nation’s finest institutions of higher education. ❋ Gene Weingarten (2010)

The poverty, sorrow of humans takes a back seat as the Treasury is looted and the Thou shalt not killers run out to kill in sanctioned Murder. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Virgin sanctioned the show, over which it has limited control, to spotlight the 2-year-old airline, which positions itself as a fun, hip, lower-cost alternative to the legacy carriers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(A USAC license allows a rider to compete in sanctioned races.) ❋ Unknown (2007)

Our idea of escape was an order of fries at the snack bar of the Western Rivieraa cross-shaped turquoise swimming pool slapped across the prairie like an SOS sign to Godand then the insouciant promise of the library, where you could lose yourself for hours in sanctioned daydreams. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It is clear you have fallen into the Hitler-seque division of the nation by deeming one side liberal ( now used mostly as a form of hate speech) and the other, conservative Republicans (the word sanctioned by Fox News, CNN and MSNBC to mean ‘people like us’ in an eight-year incumbency.) ❋ Unknown (2008)

The facts are laid out in a Court of Appeals decision, and the fact that she was sanctioned is a matter of record. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In April, OFAC regulators amended an earlier interpretation to advise academic publishers that they can make minor changes to works already published in sanctioned countries and reissue them. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Yet, recent, mounting evidence reveals that the United States has been engaging in abhorrent interrogation methods sanctioned from the executive branch down. ❋ Unknown (1990)

ANTINOMY, in fine, to use a word sanctioned by modern philosophy, is the essential characteristic of political economy; that is to say, it is at once its death-sentence and its justification. ❋ Unknown (1888)

I am the Lord -- This solemn admonition, by which these various precepts are repeatedly sanctioned, is equivalent to I, your ❋ Unknown (1871)

While Pacquiao arguably earns the right to fight for the belt of his choosing on social status alone, it's been more than two years since he's fought for any title sanctioned by the alphabet group who will recognize the winner of this fight as their junior middleweight champion. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ninety per cent of the project cost, i.e. Rs. 6.2 crore, has been sanctioned from the Tamilnadu Urban Development Project Fund III and the rest will be borne by the Hosur Municipality. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nothing was used in praise but the Psalms of David, with an occasional Paraphrase sanctioned by usage and sound teaching. ❋ Ian Maclaren (1878)