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Recent Examples of governor
In this way, the founder becomes the governor.
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Ken Polk, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In a phone call Tuesday, Geren said he hadn’t been consulted by the governor about an executive order.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
The former governor launched his after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani, a member of the New York State Assembly, in an upset; Adams chose to forgo the primary entirely.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
In New Jersey, where electricity rates for households have increased by up to 20 percent this year, both Democratic and Republican candidates in the governor’s race have centered their campaigns on rising energy costs.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
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Ken Polk, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In a phone call Tuesday, Geren said he hadn’t been consulted by the governor about an executive order.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
The former governor launched his after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani, a member of the New York State Assembly, in an upset; Adams chose to forgo the primary entirely.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
In New Jersey, where electricity rates for households have increased by up to 20 percent this year, both Democratic and Republican candidates in the governor’s race have centered their campaigns on rising energy costs.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governor
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The observatory is named for NASA's second-ever administrator.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Alabama State University, Virginia State University, Hampton University in Virginia, Southern University in Louisiana, Clark Atlanta University, and nearby Spelman College were among the campuses impacted, as administrators, students and faculty moved to safety.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bloomberg further reported that Wylde had been helping to facilitate meetings beween Mamdani and the business class, giving out his campaign contact information to roughly a dozen executives while also arranging connections with other candidates.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Frequently, capital comes with deep industry roots — a former music executive backing a music startup, or a healthcare veteran funding a medtech company.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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This cannot be a coincidence, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
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By the summer of 2022, systems like the Bayraktar TB2 became less effective as air defenses increased and commanders began spreading their forces apart.—
Joseph Nepomuceno,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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Patricia Astorga, the artistic director and founder of DanzArts, said that people who were not Mexican could come to the celebration and see the culture and the dance styles of different regions of Mexico.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Currently Kering’s deputy CEO in charge of brand development, Bellettini was seated next to Cantino at a press briefing in March when Demna, the Georgian designer who had revved up Balenciaga, was revealed as Gucci’s next creative director, succeeding Sabato De Sarno.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
14 Sep. 2025
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One of the most intense union-employer battles arose in 2022 over legislation that would have raised the minimum wage for fast food workers to $22 an hour.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The premium and out-of-pocket costs for 2026 are the kind of figures employees who work at big companies will first see during open enrollment, the annual period of time when employers allow their workers to select, change or keep benefit plans for the following year.—
Bruce Japsen,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The film looks at a former Israeli general and his attempts to rescue his family during the October 7 attacks.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
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Parker supplies a ready solution that nicely dovetails with Kennedy’s hostility toward vaccines, and pharmaceutical interventions against disease in general.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI has hired Mike Liberatore, former finance chief at Elon Musk's xAI, to be the artificial intelligence startup's business finance officer, responsible for overseeing its massive infrastructure spending.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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The former chief of the Israeli military said more than 1 in 10 Palestinians in the enclave have been killed or injured since the war began nearly two years ago.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Anastasios Kamoutsas, Florida Commissioner of Education, sent a warning to teachers and superintendents in the Sunshine State, on the heels of Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk's assassination on Wednesday.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some board members have questioned whether the contract was the best use of the district’s funds and speculated about the company’s founder’s ties to an advisor to the CMS superintendent.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Governor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governor. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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