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Recent Examples of governorship
Both Wilson and Mace are expected to vie for the South Carolina governorship in 2026, though neither has launched a bid.
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Feb. 2025
The governor said the two men have had no discussions about whether Tressel would make a run for the governorship in 2026, when DeWine must retire due to term limits.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
The question is already swirling Harris has yet to give any public indication on her thoughts, and those close to her suggest the governorship is not immediately top of mind.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Cleveland’s governorship got off to such a successful start that only two years later, Democrats made the New Yorker their presidential nominee.
—Luke Voyles / Made By History, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Feb. 2025
The governor said the two men have had no discussions about whether Tressel would make a run for the governorship in 2026, when DeWine must retire due to term limits.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
The question is already swirling Harris has yet to give any public indication on her thoughts, and those close to her suggest the governorship is not immediately top of mind.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Cleveland’s governorship got off to such a successful start that only two years later, Democrats made the New Yorker their presidential nominee.
—Luke Voyles / Made By History, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governorship
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After receiving a takeover bid from Couche-Tard last year, Seven & I’s founding family had begun talks to take the convenience store owner private in what would have been the largest management buyout in history if successful.—
Reuters,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Running Point, on the other hand, is just an exercise in brand management.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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After forming under the Biden Administration, the Trump presidency will provide the ACPA with its first major test in protecting its interests and proving clean energy extends beyond party lines.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the process, Trump has made the highest-stakes gamble on his presidency, first and second terms.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Francis, 88, has had double pneumonia for more than two weeks and remains under medical supervision as doctors work to stabilize his condition.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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But Ukraine, the OSCE, and Western partners viewed these elections as illegitimate and not in compliance with Minsk I, arguing that the troops were supposed to leave before elections took place, and that elections should occur under OSCE supervision.—
Tetiana Kyselova,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 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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Instead, the accident was the most significant technical setback for the Starship program since the first full-scale test flight in 2023, which damaged the launch pad before the rocket spun out of control in the upper atmosphere.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2025
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Have persistent weeds identified to determine the best control.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 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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Immigrants also can end up in detention after being arrested on criminal charges and released into ICE custody.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
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 10 Mar. 2025.
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