Authorized
Authorized adjective - Ordered or allowed by those in authority.
Special and authorized are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Authorized".
Special
Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.
Authorized and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authorized" instead an adjective "Special".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Authorized personnel use special goggles to follow along with the vault's ever-shifting perspective.
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Sam has one when he and Helix break into the museum to return an authorized autographed copy of The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Source: Webcomic / Freefall -
The Del Rey covers not only turn self-confessed nerd Peter into a Scary Black Man silhouette, but it also has him wielding a pistol: something he, like most British police, isn't authorized to do except under special circumstances.
Source: Literature / Rivers of London
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