governance

noun

gov·er·nance ˈgə-vər-nən(t)s

plural governances

: the act or process of governing or overseeing the control and direction of something (such as a country or an organization) : government

a centralized system of governance

the challenges of national governance

… the governance of amateur sport in America …—

P. S. Wood

… three years before he died, [Lionel] Trilling pressed the point that the way a nation thinks determines in the end the quality of its governance.—

Benjamin DeMott

Enron, and the corporate disasters that followed, forced many companies to get serious about governance.—

Louis Lavelle

Theirs was the perennial problem of quick-witted subjects under the governance of dull-witted administrators.—

Declan Kiberd

Michael Dukakis, at the 1988 Democratic convention, said governance was about competence, not ideology. He got it half right: Competence is important to governance, but ideology is critical …—

U.S. News & World Report

Examples of governance in a Sentence

They have very different approaches to the governance of the city. after World War II, the four Allied nations shared the governance of the territory of postwar Germany under the Allied Control Council

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In addition to meeting compliance requirements and lowering the risks associated with over-provisioning, a strong governance system improves accountability and transparency. —

Rohan Pinto, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Instead, the alliance should emphasize a flexible, long-term transition in which the Palestinians demonstrate effective governance and actively work to eliminate the influence of the most radical factions from Palestinian society. —

Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024 This development requires advanced governance models in the convergence of ethical, moral, and operational risks. —

Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024 Both were removed from their committee assignments, but later reinstated following the city decision to require additional training for councilmembers on council governance and staff communication. —

Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 15 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for governance