governorship

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Recent Examples of governorship After a few cycles of notable progress in expanding women's ranks in both Congress and governorships, the 2024 election represented a plateau. Meredith Conroy, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024 And why Republicans are throwing out all sorts of names for the governorship, two years in advance, including state Sen. Jake Hoffman, a vocal Hobbs foe, and Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk, a key Trump operative. Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024 Judy Shelton got a taste of patent medicine of this sort when she was mobbed out of a Federal Reserve governorship. Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 This trend could spell bad news for Republican hopes of holding onto Virginia's governorship. Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for governorship 
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Noun
  • So if today’s approach to inbound application management isn’t working, what’s the answer?
    Hariharan Kolam, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • If one of your primary health goals is weight loss and management, drinking smoothies may be helpful.
    Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Although Biden’s administration can claim various key moments of success over the past four years, his presidency was consciously framed around defending and protecting democratic norms, McKay Coppins said last night.
    The Editors, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2025
  • In 2017, after being sworn in, Trump began his presidency with a dark speech laden with hard conservative rhetoric that not only echoed his 2016 campaign but would set the stage for his first term.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The company said the Litho was accepted to the permanent collection of Mobile National, a French national statutory corporation under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture that preserves and upholds the history of French furniture and also nurtures modern designs.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Teams were to be entrepreneurial in spirit, with minimal managerial supervision.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In exchange for help from the league in obtaining loans, a country had to accept the league’s superintendence of its economic affairs.
    Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
  • We were told that Russia used these companies to hack the brains of suggestible yokels, and that only wise superintendence of social-media conversation by progressives could save the world from fascism.
    The Editors, National Review, 31 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • In all this, Jesus was retrieving and modeling some of the remarkable kingship themes from Israel’s own scriptures.
    N.T. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Each period touches on three themes: society, kingship, and beliefs.
    Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Observer maintains full editorial control of its journalism.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The extreme, 100 mph winds that drove the LA wildfires to rage out of control is a different kind of event than a fire driven by overgrown brush, Quinn-Davidson said.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
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
Noun
  • Police blocked roads around the home to establish a perimeter and the Meridian Police Department’s Special Tactics Group team helped take the three suspects into custody.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The driver of that vehicle, Amy Dawn Crouch, 46, of Lenexa, was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Governorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governorship. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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