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Example 1: A General would have the authorization to abort a military mission, a regular soldier can't.

Example 2: In a high security workplace where people use keycards for accessing rooms, John Doe can't access room 504 with his keycard, but the CEO can.

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  • I am unaware of a single word which means both greater authority and greater access. – Davo Oct 30 '17 at 15:40
  • Yeah, I guess the examples don't add up. But, if there's a word that covers one of them, maybe I can use it. – eldamar Oct 30 '17 at 15:42
  • Not a great match, but superior might generally cover these situations. – Davo Oct 30 '17 at 15:43
  • You're asking two different questions here. – Arm the good guys in America Oct 30 '17 at 15:46
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    Thanks! Yeah, I was playing with that word and something with privileged, but I can't get it right in my context. – eldamar Oct 30 '17 at 15:46
  • @Clare Yep, I realized that too now. – eldamar Oct 30 '17 at 15:47
  • Where I work, a school, the level of access is titled according to the position of the person who usually would require access to the computer system. A teacher can apply for teacher's access, which might include entering grades and looking at records. A counselor's access might include programming students for their classes and and looking at records. The program chair access includes entering a master schedule, and the principal's level of access would include all of the above. Superintendent's access would be like principal's, but for all the schools in the district. – Steven Littman Oct 30 '17 at 15:52
  • Can you add an example sentence? Your examples are fine, but it's hard to pick a word without knowing how you would want to use it. – Azor Ahai -him- Oct 30 '17 at 22:24
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    You call him "Sir". – Hot Licks Oct 31 '17 at 02:47

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For your provided examples, you can use officer:

1 b : one charged with police duties

2 : one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command
the officers of the bank
chief executive officer

3 a : one who holds a position of authority or command in the armed forces; specifically :commissioned officer

Merriam-Webster

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The people with uppermost oversight are the Top Brass.

Top Brass : the people with the highest positions of authority, especially in the armed forces

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Top Brass : the people in the highest positions in an organization (such as the military or a business)

Merriam-Webster

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That is a Signatory, classically defined as any signer of a document but the contemporary and business definition is an authoritative signature who represents and decides for groups and entities.

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