governances

plural of governance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for governances
Noun
  • African governments have long complained that ratings agencies unfairly downgrade them relative to non-African peers, pushing up borrowing costs.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Expect governments to tighten rules, requiring companies to track and disclose their dependencies.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Both levels are far above EU rules demanding that individual members’ deficits should not exceed 3% of GDP, while their public debt should not surpass 60% of economic output.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Israel began ground operations within the city about a week ago.
    Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Embedding causal inference to improve reasoning, reduce error cascades, and support safer, more reliable operations.
    Rajeev Ronanki, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is the product of past administrations, Republican and Democrat, trying to silence victims.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows timelines to get FEMA aid flowing to Wisconsin have varied greatly across presidential administrations, spanning from just a few days to more than two months.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Interior trims range from basic to luxurious, but all feature easy to use controls, physical switches and dials for key functions and one of the auto industry’s best touch screens and infotainment systems.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Tightening them further, and de-linking cost controls from revenue, just might.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Repressive regimes are emboldened.
    Jason Carter, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Threats to academic freedom and hostility towards immigrants seemed eerily reminiscent of past authoritarian regimes.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her list continues with small but frustrating oversights.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Small oversights in design can lead to costly change orders later, so detail matters here.
    Yuvraj Kshirsagar, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As aviation grapples with its environmental footprint, leaders like Barberot demonstrate that sustainability advances often come from unexpected directions.
    Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Framework stresses that, without policy actions, strategic plans risk moving in different directions, lose coherence or fall away.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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