captainship

noun

Definition of captainshipnext
as in chairmanship

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  1. presidency
  2. superintendency
  3. generalship
  4. governorship
  5. kingship
  6. dictatorship
  7. mastery
  8. lead
Noun
  • His triumph in the Electoral College and the popular vote leaves democratic friends and allies of the United States wondering: Will a Trump presidency demand more burden-sharing from them, or even abandon them altogether?
    Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
  • But during Trump’s first presidency, many of the political appointees running the agency had spent their careers up to that point challenging it.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of presidency
Noun
  • As the superintendency reports, continued archaeological investigations will hopefully reveal more about the tomb and the surrounding necropolis, which may illuminate the social history of the ancient Neapolitan community that used it.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024
  • The superintendency for the largest suburban school district in southwest Ohio became vacant in January 2023, after former superintendent Matt Miller said a board member bullied him out of his position.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024
Definition of superintendency
Noun
  • In the event, stronger morale, superior generalship, and Russia’s overconfidence (and consequent expectation of a rapid victory) proved of outsize importance.
    Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Ultimately, no one commander can make the difference between winning and losing for Ukraine, O’Brien said, and the issues that Kyiv faces right now — with manpower and weaponry running low — are not ones that can be solved by exceptional generalship.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
Definition of generalship
Noun
  • And with more women running for governorships this November, that number is likely to increase.
    Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In 2022, Michigan Democrats achieved their first trifecta in state government in 40 years, winning control of both houses of the state legislature in addition to the governorship.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of governorship
Noun
  • That’s the only boring nonsense about kingship is that you’re supposed to have an heir.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 15 June 2024
  • At its founding, Rome was a kingship, but when subsequent kings became tyrannical, the Roman people overthrew the monarchy and established a republic, which had a remarkable history and lasted almost 500 years.
    Vickie B. Sullivan, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Definition of kingship
Noun
  • His thirty-two-year hard-line dictatorship witnessed political assassinations and the violent suppression of human rights by his army.
    Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The peace plan tried to secure Arab recognition of Israel’s 1967 conquests, in exchange for more American aid and arms sales to the brutal Egyptian, Saudi and Emirati dictatorships.
    Caise D. Hassan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • The Five Deeper Frameworks provide tools for thoughtful, long-term mastery in strategic communication.
    Adrian Dearnell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Which is where Josephina shows her natural aptitude for the job, owning a standing target at the firing range and demonstrating a rapid-fire mastery of boots-on-the-ground directives in the noise-torture obstacle course or whatever.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of mastery
Noun
  • Since North-South were clearly bidding on distribution, West’s opening lead should have been the king of trumps.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • But the Smash fought back, taking an 8-7 lead before the team switched sides.
    Aaron Heisen, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of lead
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