1
as in government
lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)
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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2
as in management
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
while a financial advisor can be helpful, the governance of your family finances ultimately rests with you
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Recent Examples of governance
Ouellet defended priestly celibacy for the Latin Rite church and upheld the ban on women’s ordination but called for women to have a greater role in church governance.
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Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
The group will advise family office clients on structure and design, family governance, operational efficiency, and board, leadership, philanthropic and human capital advisory, CAA said.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
Zorn and her team will advise family office clients on structure and design, family governance, operational efficiency and board, leadership, philanthropic and human capital advisory.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Success requires getting your hands directly on data governance and quality controls before rolling out any personalization initiatives.
—Jody Bhagat, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
The group will advise family office clients on structure and design, family governance, operational efficiency, and board, leadership, philanthropic and human capital advisory, CAA said.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
Zorn and her team will advise family office clients on structure and design, family governance, operational efficiency and board, leadership, philanthropic and human capital advisory.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Success requires getting your hands directly on data governance and quality controls before rolling out any personalization initiatives.
—Jody Bhagat, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governance
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The government responded an hour later that the mother had been released in Honduras, the filing states.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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As customers drank around them, talk turned to Louna’s exclusion from the MTV show, which Leake blamed on the Russian government.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
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The anchor has not been afraid to challenge CBS News management in the past.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2025
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Patience appeared to be running thin in all areas, from management to coach John Hynes to some of the fan base.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Francis was outspoken against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration and was a fierce critic of the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The Trump administration has called for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory that's part of Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
1 May 2025
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The Hanged Man asks you to fully surrender control and embrace this chapter of stillness.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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That proposal would see Moscow de facto control parts of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk regions that Russia occupies but does not fully control.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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In the 13th century, the papacy was vacant for almost three years before the election of Gregory X, who tightened up conclave rules.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The author of that rule change, Garth Glissman, is an SEC associate commissioner and driving force behind the effort to pass a similar rule for men’s college hoops.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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In its first weeks of operation, the plant began supplying electricity not only to Dasenech itself, but also to seven neighboring communities within a 10-kilometer radius.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Big-money signings, seen as the last pieces in a title-winning jigsaw, were often a poor fit and the whole operation would start again.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The military coup that Kissinger helped foment in Chile, which ushered in the brutal regime of Augusto Pinochet, only further destabilized the region (and undermined his larger goal of global stability).—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2025
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Russia will accrue enormous economic benefits if the United States facilitates its reentry into the world economy, generating revenue that will go directly to rebuilding its military, funding hostile intelligence operations and propping up a regime that’s never far from its next military adventure.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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Wines to try: Revelation by Goose Chardonnay 23 Revelation by Goose Ridge Rose 23 Revelation by Goose Ridge Sauvignon Blanc 23 Farther afield in New Zealand, the Marris family at Marisco Family Vineyards is upholding three generations of producing wines through dedicated environmental stewardship.—
Lana Bortolot,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Since then, Earth Day has become an annual reflection on environmental stewardship.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Governance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governance. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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