captainship

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for captainship
Noun
  • Other new contenders for the chairmanship include Securities and Exchange Commission official Mike Selig and Treasury Department official Tyler Williams.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has raged against Powell for most of his chairmanship, and is eager to replace him with a candidate more aligned with his views on the economy.
    Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump hasn't carried Virginia in any of his three runs for the presidency, which suggests an advantage for Democrats, said Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, who represents naval-heavy areas including Portsmouth and Norfolk.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That said, the court term is more focused on the presidency than on any other issue.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • While his questionable generalship would be memorialized in a long poem by Alfred Tennyson, his other legacy is giving the world the sweater named after his title.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Brunson earns the nod here as my second East backcourt starter because of his overall efficiency and floor generalship.
    Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Miran was sworn into his governorship mere hours before the meeting began, an unusual timing to start an unusual governorship.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The two met when Abbott offered to volunteer for Collins’s 1994 primary bid for the Maine governorship.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While waving away the responsibilities of kingship, Shrek can’t escape the responsibilities of fatherhood, as Fiona’s pregnant.
    Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The papacy essentially is a kingship, DeBernardo said.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • An additional $5 million will fund a deanship, $3 million will support a chair in biomedical engineering, and $5 million will establish a research fund for faculty fellowships, emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The movie, set largely in 1977 during the Brazilian military dictatorship, ends on a strange and sad note.
    Morgan Baila, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Other Latin American countries that had suffered under military dictatorships vigorously prosecuted the perpetrators of human rights abuses, but Brazil did not follow suit.
    Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Captainship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captainship. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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