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Noun
Rodriguez will now chair a committee dealing with audits and government efficiency and serve on committees dealing with personnel issues, trade and civil rights. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024 The government has called on Mehta to impose restrictions for a decade. Paresh Dave, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024 But the rates are more closely tied to long-term borrowing rates for government debt. Carlos Waters, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent years petitioning the federal government to let the Sunshine State import drugs directly from Canada. Sally Pipes, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for government 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for government
Noun
  • In light of the recent school shooting in Wisconsin, President Joe Biden spoke of his administration's work aimed at reducing gun violence, including passing the most significant gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
  • This was inspired by a similar proposal the Biden administration made early last year.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • One element of fixing problems was investing heavily in building their own technologies, whether that involves the factory machinery, the management software that runs their plants, or the back-end systems that handle their data.
    Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The state’s case will ensure proper management of the nonprofit’s funds including the pending payment, Bonta said.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In countries whose governance systems were nascent, local-scale and unprepared to absorb massive external capital inflows, credit ratings found grudging acceptance as a proxy credit-governance mechanism.
    Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The Japanese government and the Tokyo Stock Exchange have been putting pressure on companies to improve their corporate governance and capital allocation over the past decade, with a view to drawing in more international investors.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But his decision to leave his role as vice chair of supervision may have been intended to sidestep a legal battle with Mr. Trump.
    Deborah B. Solomon, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden, Barr stated his intent to vacate his role as vice chair of supervision while remaining on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • During remarks Thursday, Mr. Biden said federal investigators determined Jabbar planted the explosives at two locations in the French Quarter before the attack and also had a remote detonator in his truck.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The decision comes weeks after a federal committee declined to issue a recommendation on the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel merger, leaving Biden an opportunity to block the deal.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Due to the high pollution levels, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has issued the No-Burn rule for Wednesday, prohibiting the use of wood, pellets, and manufactured fire logs in indoor or outdoor devices across the South Coast Air Basin.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Safety Parking will get harder, and walking will get safer: California has stricter parking rules under AB 413.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Ukrainian and Russian officials confirmed the offensive, but the sides offered varying accounts of the scale and efficiency of the new operation.
    Brad Dress, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The incoming administration has promised the largest deportation operation in history.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement The indictment is more a window into routine municipal politics than the stuff of an international spy thriller.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Lower short-term interest rates should also benefit municipal closed-end fund (CEF) strategies that employ leverage, many of which are still trading at a discount to their net asset values (NAVs).
    Kevin Mahn, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024

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“Government.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/government. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.

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