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Recent Examples of governorship
Cleveland’s governorship got off to such a successful start that only two years later, Democrats made the New Yorker their presidential nominee.
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Luke Voyles / Made By History, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
In one viral moment that threatens to upend his governorship, Newsom was confronted on live television by a furious Los Angeles resident who demanded to know why the fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood had run dry.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
The former helped end Brown’s governorship, when an up-and-coming actor named Ronald Reagan made hay of it during his campaign for governor.
—Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
And in New Jersey, two incumbent Democrats, Josh Gottheimer and Mikie Sherrill, are part of a crowded field vying for the Garden State’s governorship.
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
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Luke Voyles / Made By History, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
In one viral moment that threatens to upend his governorship, Newsom was confronted on live television by a furious Los Angeles resident who demanded to know why the fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood had run dry.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
The former helped end Brown’s governorship, when an up-and-coming actor named Ronald Reagan made hay of it during his campaign for governor.
—Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
And in New Jersey, two incumbent Democrats, Josh Gottheimer and Mikie Sherrill, are part of a crowded field vying for the Garden State’s governorship.
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governorship
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This position is responsible for infrastructure management, support, and troubleshooting, as well as supporting hardware, software, networking and third-party products.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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There is absolute alignment on the board and with management.—
Alan Neuhauser,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Other policies vastly expand federal power, such as his expansion of an imperial presidency unbound by congressional or judicial restraint.—
Steven Greenhut,
Orange County Register,
21 Feb. 2025
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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, recently said that the EU will continue to provide military and financial support to Ukraine, even if the U.S. decides not to.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
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Smith already has been staying full-time at a community facility with around-the-clock supervision for the past nine months, with Friday's decision formally discharging him from the hospital, officials said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr, who is stepping down from the regulatory post at the end of February, cautioned against any push to significantly weaken existing bank rules and supervision, and urged watchdogs to complete international capital standards.—
Pete Schroeder,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Their huge fortunes are the legitimate wages of superintendence; in the struggle for existence, money is the token of success.—
Jeffery Vacante,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2025
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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
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The galleries are categorized according to three themes — religion, kingship, and society — and divided into historical eras: Predynastic, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, the Late Kingdom, Ptolemaic (Greek) Egypt, and the Roman period.—
Kate McMahon,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
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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
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An audio recording from the control tower at Toronto Pearson International Airport reveals that the flight was cleared to land at approximately 2:10 p.m. local time.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The reports kept track of hard braking, activation of the vehicle's stability control system and other instances that point to unsafe driving.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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Texts released in a child custody case in New York revealed that Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, is deeply worried about an attempt on his life and described himself as the second-most-likely assassination target after the president.—
Sean O'Driscoll,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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His death marks the second fatality in Department of Correction custody this year.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Governorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governorship. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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