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as in ruling
to exercise authority or power over
the president is elected in order to govern the country, not to follow public opinion polls
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as in regulating
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
you need to govern your speech and be able to communicate your outrage without resorting to profanity
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as in managing
to look after and make decisions about
the company's finances are governed by its chief financial officer
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Recent Examples of governing
Of note, recognizing these concerns, the commission voted in December 2025 to establish an ad hoc Governance Committee to review all governing documents and create policies and procedures to allow the pension commission to fulfill its fiduciary duties.
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Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
Nepal currently lacks a legal framework governing robotic expeditions on Everest.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
Preliminary results from the election commission suggested the governing party has won 61 seats in the National Assembly.
—Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The National Park Service previously amended regulations governing the National Capital Region to facilitate planning for the 250th anniversary of American independence.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 8 June 2026
Such rules governing how the city must treat the system have proved inescapable.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
With the World Cup coming to Kansas City this summer, the international governing body for the sport reserved up to 5,000 hotel rooms a night for many of the nights that the organization’s officials and business partners would be in town.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
The country also holds the crypto industry to high standards, with several regulatory bodies—including the Central Bank of Bahrain, Financial Intelligence Directorate and Ministry of Industry and Commerce—involved in enforcing rules governing digital assets.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 1 June 2026
For years, his presumptive heir had been Michel Platini, a former captain of the French national team and the president of UEFA, Europe’s soccer governing body.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
Nepal currently lacks a legal framework governing robotic expeditions on Everest.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
Preliminary results from the election commission suggested the governing party has won 61 seats in the National Assembly.
—Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The National Park Service previously amended regulations governing the National Capital Region to facilitate planning for the 250th anniversary of American independence.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 8 June 2026
Such rules governing how the city must treat the system have proved inescapable.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
With the World Cup coming to Kansas City this summer, the international governing body for the sport reserved up to 5,000 hotel rooms a night for many of the nights that the organization’s officials and business partners would be in town.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
The country also holds the crypto industry to high standards, with several regulatory bodies—including the Central Bank of Bahrain, Financial Intelligence Directorate and Ministry of Industry and Commerce—involved in enforcing rules governing digital assets.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 1 June 2026
For years, his presumptive heir had been Michel Platini, a former captain of the French national team and the president of UEFA, Europe’s soccer governing body.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governing
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India’s capitalist economy is booming, and the ruling Hindu-nationalist government is crushing its above-ground leftist opponents at the ballot box.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Lawmakers in Vietnam elected Communist Party chief To Lam as president on April 7, 2026, the chairman of the National Assembly said, making Lam head of state as well as general secretary of the ruling party.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Such a drone boat is supposedly capable of continuous, autonomous loiter operations in which the Corsair maintains its position while autonomously regulating power consumption and only engaging its engine when needed, according to a Saronic blog post.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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The court’s abdication of its modern responsibility for supervising electoral democracy seems to rest on the naive belief that democracy will succeed in regulating itself.—
Noah Feldman,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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The strategy is being driven by the conviction that the future of AI belongs to autonomous agents capable of executing complex, multi-step tasks — such as booking travel or managing calendars — rather than simply answering queries.—
Amedeo Goria,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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Appearing on Fox News, Lankford said the nation’s top intelligence post requires a leader with deep experience managing sensitive national security matters and suggested Pulte’s background raises legitimate questions.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2026
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And there’s a chance the Giants vote against Sacramento as an expansion site because the Giants want to continue controlling the market.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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As with minimizing soil disturbance, this, too, helps tremendously with controlling erosion, increasing the carbon content of soil and conserving moisture.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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In the center, the team placed an artificial blue flower containing a sugary solution and let the bees explore it.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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But despite completing initiatives to remove SSNs and other sensitive personal data from its systems, the official said Columbia inadvertently missed a legacy database containing my SSN.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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Sudden loss of contact Before communication stopped, telemetry showed the spacecraft operating normally.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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Martin and Taylor Grant have lost their California commercial fishing licenses indefinitely, while Gilmer Grant is now prohibited from owning or operating any commercial fishing vessel in the state.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Mia Thurow This summer in Indianapolis, everyone younger than 18 will fall under an extended curfew introduced by the City-County Council aimed at curbing youth violence.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 June 2026
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In it, however, Martin Bech Holte, an economist and former head of the consultancy firm McKinsey in Norway, did not suggest curbing rampant levels of inequality — recently reported to be at 1912 levels — or otherwise restore the country to some social democratic golden age.—
Ola Morris Innset,
The Dial,
2 June 2026
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The chief planning officer is a key figure at most major commercial airlines, overseeing management of some of the most intricate aspects of air travel.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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The governor issued an executive order instructing the state agency overseeing a program that issues tax incentives for data centers to pause the program beginning July 1.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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“Governing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governing. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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