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Examples of governorship in a Sentence
a candidate for the governorship
The state has done well during her governorship.
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Moreover, 31 of the 50 state governments have the same party holding the governorship and a majority in both legislative houses.
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That makes this week perhaps the last consequential days of his governorship; the constitution requires the state to pass a balanced budget by the end of the fiscal year.
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His governorship has gone into the vegetative state.
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In November, the pro-statehood party took over the governorship and both houses of the legislature.
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Cillizza: Brownback, from the second he was elected, portrayed his governorship as an experiment in conservative governance.
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The PAN party was poised to win the governorship of Nayarit, while preliminary counts for Coahuila were too close to call.
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Sarandos was one of 13 candidates for a governorship on behalf of the executives branch, which instead advanced incumbent Daniel R. Fellman, along with former Disney chief and former Academy treasurer Dick Cook, Lucy Fisher and David Linde.
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All 120 seats of the New Jersey Legislature are up for grabs in November, along with the governorship currently held by Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
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First Known Use of governorship
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GOVERNORSHIP Defined for English Language Learners
governorship
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: the job of a governor
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: the period when a person is a governor
GOVERNORSHIP Defined for Kids
governorship
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1 : the office or position of governor
2 : the term of office of a governor
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