Thesaurus results for GOVERNANCES

governances

noun

plural of governance

as in governments

lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation) after World War II, the four Allied nations shared the governance of the territory of postwar Germany under the Allied Control Council

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the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something while a financial advisor can be helpful, the governance of your family finances ultimately rests with you

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All that has significant implications for the companies that build data centers and the governments that want them to be built.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Electricity demand is rising, artificial intelligence has turned access to power into a strategic issue, and governments are once again treating nuclear energy as an essential part of national energy policy.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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These are different eras, and the respective managements are no longer the same, but something about this feels off.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Information about Spirit’s plans was equally scarce among managements of airports the airline serves.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026

Definition of managements

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Republicans in two red states couldn’t convince voters to change election rules to make their party stronger.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
However, borrowers who took out federal loans on or after July 1, 2026, face different repayment rules under the new federal student loan framework.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of rules

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Militaries often run command and control operations away from the frontlines; enemies have sought to disrupt those communications through jamming and, in the past few decades, cyberattacks.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
The integrated approach has the potential to reduce energy consumption, simplify operations, and minimize secondary waste generation compared with conventional desalination methods.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of operations

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Liberal advocacy groups urged FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to end his attacks on ABC, and conservative groups warned Carr not to set a precedent that would harm conservatives in future administrations.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026
But everyone will suffer if other administrations maintain barriers to entry that discriminate on the basis of country of origin.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 July 2026

Definition of administrations

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Beijing has appointed its own senior monks, maintained close surveillance and controls on religious expression, and faced allegations of cracking down on peaceful dissent and forcing the large-scale relocation of rural and nomadic Tibetans.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Any information placed on this secondary display had to be available on the regular screen, and any controls available had to be available elsewhere.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of controls

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Equally concerning is the fact that the United States has used non-nuclear weapons and wars to kill leaders and change the regimes of nuclear-aspiring nations like Iraq, Libya, and Iran.

— William Hartung, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
So is stubborn weight gain, which doesn’t respond to a woman’s usual healthy eating or exercise regimes.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 30 July 2026

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