DEANSHIP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

deanship

noun

as in presidency

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Recent Examples of deanship 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

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Noun

Nolan assumed the presidency of the Directors Guild of America in September 2025.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 July 2026
Domestically, Bush signed reauthorizations of the Ryan White CARE Act, expanding federal support for HIV care via a program that was first implemented during his father’s presidency in 1990.

— Michael Chancley, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Definition of presidency

Noun

Quinn also made the decision to go play piano in New York at the end of last season after a steamy back and forth with Staten, whose father (Brett Cullen) challenged him for chairmanship of the Double K Ranch.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 June 2026
That is the inheritance now facing Warsh, who has openly cast Greenspan as a model for his own chairmanship.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Definition of chairmanship

Noun

Carvalho’s later Form 700s — for the entire period of his superintendency — are nearly blank.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
The fallout In the aftermath of the UFT’s formal notice, a letter campaign was launched that asked Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels not to appoint Lynch-Reyes to the permanent superintendency.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026

Definition of superintendency

Noun

The twin crises in unemployment insurance and pension benefits were left to Jerry Brown, Davis’ old boss, who regained the governorship in 2010.

— Dan Walters, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
In 2019, the first year of DeSantis’ governorship, Florida carried out two executions, and then three years passed without another.

— Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

Definition of governorship

Noun

York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.

— Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026

Definition of kingship

Noun

The 1978 World Cup edition was played in and won by an Argentina ruled by a military dictatorship that forcibly disappeared thousands of people.

— Minky Worden, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
They were invaded in 1982 under orders from Argentina’s then-military dictatorship, triggering a 10-week war won by Britain.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of dictatorship

Noun

Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman with no political background, emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Ali al-Zaidi emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections.

— Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of premiership

Noun

Suggs is listed as the team’s point guard, but because of his tendency for turnovers and general lack of floor generalship, the coaches have deployed him more as a 3-and-D player.

— Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
There’s talk that this could be EMRO’s turn to hold the director-generalship.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026

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