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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deanship
  1. presidency
  2. chairmanship
  3. superintendency
  4. governorship
  5. kingship
  6. dictatorship
  7. premiership
  8. generalship
Noun
  • During Bolsonaro’s presidency, from 2019 to 2022, Amazon deforestation surged about 60%, with more than 17,400 square miles cleared, according to official data.
    — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Let’s help him and his amazing staff make the most of the last half of his presidency by getting out there and voting in 2 weeks!
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of presidency
Noun
  • The transaction failed to materialize and cost Musk his chairmanship of Tesla.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Following the meeting, on August 13, Meyer appointed a Policy Formulation Committee, under the chairmanship of Israel Friedlander, founder of an important local bank, the Gibraltar Savings and Loan Association.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 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
  • And that's going to be a big surprise on election night to see the governorship of Oregon go red.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement Here’s what experts think could be behind the apparent shift in voters’ sentiments—and how real the chance of the governorship flipping really is.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of governorship
Noun
  • After Edward the Confessor died with no heirs, Harold was crowned in January 1066, but William also claimed the kingship.
    — Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 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
  • His raspy voice, his beard, his missing finger and the cadence of his speech have been fixtures of Brazilian public life since Brazil’s first direct presidential election after the dictatorship ended in 1985.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • This strategy is unlikely to work on liberal Israelis, who view this election as the last chance to save their homeland from sliding into dictatorship.
    — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • And even after a military coup removed Thaksin from the premiership in 2006, his parties remained electoral juggernauts.
    — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The fractures in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s premiership are beginning to show.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 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
Definition of generalship

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“Deanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deanship. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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