captainship

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Noun
  • Under Do’s board chairmanship, CalOptima CEO Michael Hunn’s pay was increased by about 50% in 2022 to $841,500 a year.
    Claire Wang, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Dingell lost the vote and the chairmanship.
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in February 1951, establishing the two-term limit for the presidency.
    Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Trump posted the video to Truth Social on Saturday evening, afters millions took to the streets across the country to demonstrate against his presidency.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Massey teaches the superintendency course and the principalship course at the University of Minnesota.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2025
  • 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
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
  • Republicans vying for the governorship in 2026 think differently.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Therefore, any signs that Porter, who is running for the governorship after an unsuccessful Senate bid last year, is seeing a decline in support, will concern Democrats.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 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
  • Made as Brazil’s dictatorship was losing its grip, these films confronted repression indirectly, turning sensuality into an act of defiance.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
  • As the series continues, the twins find their parents, grow up, fall in love and fight dictatorship.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Captainship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captainship. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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