generalship

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Recent Examples of generalship Filmmaking is blind instinct, petty calculations, smooth generalship, daydreaming, pig-headedness, grace, bluff, risk. Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025 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 Ultimately, no one commander can make the difference between winning and losing for Ukraine, O’Brien said, and the issues that Kyiv faces right now — with manpower and weaponry running low — are not ones that can be solved by exceptional generalship. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024 Chief among them: the imperial ambitions of the economics department, which has annexed English’s conference room under the generalship of its unctuous chair, Roland Gladwell, a megalomaniac who, even now, plans further advances on English territory. Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023 In the event, stronger morale, superior generalship, and Russia’s overconfidence (and consequent expectation of a rapid victory) proved of outsize importance. Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2023 His vision, floor-generalship, calming presence, playmaking, defense and leadership are greatly missed. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 2 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for generalship
Noun
  • China has been building the world’s largest navy, launching high-tech warships at a frenetic pace under the leadership of Xi Jinping, putting pressure on the United States and its Pacific allies to keep pace.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The Sherman Phoenix board of directors has committed to strengthening leadership and accountability.
    La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Vishal Shah will lead AI product management, per an internal memo.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Our software integrates with any retail management system (RMS) or warehouse management system (WMS) to make donating more seamless than ever before, unlocking environmental, social and governance (ESG) wins, operational savings and brand loyalty in one platform.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In this there’s a distinct echo of the process currently in use for determining which visas (permanent or temporary) will be revoked under the current administration.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Eleanor Roosevelt, who professionalized the office of the first lady during her husband's administration, was also a frequent user of the East Wing.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Disarmament of Hamas and the governance of Gaza remain the top sticking points in this next phase of negotiations, after the first phase centered on the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In this sense, genome writing is as much about governance as genetics.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Johnson reportedly regained control of the vehicle and attempted to flee again, but police executed a ramming technique, known as a tactical vehicle intervention, to disable the vehicle, the release says.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When the lines of a CME’s magnetic field and those of the Earth’s magnetic field are pointed in the opposite directions, the CME can unite with the Earth’s magnetosphere and fill it with vast quantities of solar energy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The contract was awarded at a time when the world was racing to field missiles that could change direction while traveling at several times the speed of sound.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Generalship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/generalship. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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