deanship

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deanship
Noun
  • The election took place amid a surge in violent crime and corruption that has fueled widespread discontent among voters, who largely view candidates as dishonest and unprepared for the presidency.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026
  • The presidency isn’t up for two years.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Those are some of the extraordinary events that unfolded during the eight-year chairmanship of Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve, an institution tasked with managing the economy to achieve maximum employment and stable prices.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • But his chairmanship’s suffocating high interest rates created a palatable cure.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Massey teaches the superintendency course and the principalship course at the University of Minnesota.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In truth, the Hollywood stars elevated to the governorship, Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, have been the exception — spaced nearly four decades apart — and far from the norm.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • However, if the answer is no, then Republicans can say goodbye to their dreams of holding on to the governorship in November and should get used to the imposing reality of a Jolly administration.
    Thomas C. Shank, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
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
Noun
  • The filmmaker explores how Inés’ coming of age mirrors the lingering wounds of Chile’s political transition to democracy from the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet – a theme at the heart of Martelli’s feature debut Chile ’76, which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
  • Many had argued that the banner, which largely meditates on the violence of the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia, contained antisemitic caricatures.
    Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • But what is different about the downfall of Starmer, which is now under way, has been the timidity of his premiership, its chronic self-doubt, as if its voice were permanently stuck in its throat.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech on May 11, 2026, in London, England in a bid to secure his premiership.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 May 2026
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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“Deanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deanship. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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