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as in official
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as in federal
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governmental
Adjective
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With June official visits complete, dominoes could start falling quickly for uncommitted players in the Class of 2026.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
24 June 2025 -
The basis for the lock-ins was only recorded in official log books in three of the seven instances, the report found.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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The decision was a major setback for the Adams administration, which had argued the jails’ problems could be handled in house, despite years of evidence to the contrary, as detailed in several dozen reports by the federal monitor appointed to track issues in the system.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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Cy 25 Training Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for six months.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 June 2025
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Yet this cohort of future managers and VPs was willing to follow this conservative ethos and even miss their numbers for the sake of preserving the bureaucratic order.—
Shayne Fitz-Coy,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter, the landmark policy stripped away federal, bureaucratic control over routes, fares, and market entry.—
Jackson Shedelbower,
Oc Register,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Never mind the questionable math used by the campaign to raise the $10 billion in municipal tax revenues, any tax increase – even at the local level – must be approved by the state assembly.—
Time,
Time,
26 June 2025
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Area municipal mayors and city managers, along with Dr. Richard Levy of Levey Consulting, will participate.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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In 2024, the U.S. Treasury, issued long overdue regulations on foreign trust adding additional administrative reporting requirements, burdens, and qualifications on foreign trusts, highlighting the current importance of ensuring trusts are classified correctly.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Empowering Smaller Fleets Through Smart Tech Running a small fleet today often means juggling dispatch calls, DOT paperwork, route planning, driver support, and invoicing, all with limited administrative staff and tight margins.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Zelenskyy’s trip is part of a broader European tour, with possible stops in Strasbourg, France, for a Council of Europe parliamentary session and at the European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels, Belgium.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Bennett Lawson, 44th, introduced an ordinance in May seeking to overturn the pay increases, though Johnson allies used a parliamentary maneuver to delay its consideration.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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That money will not only provide greater liquidity to the company but go towards supporting other segments of its business including defense, civic functions and software development, Goldstein explained.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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For these groups, how the county gets the public involved in the budget touches on questions at the heart of the civic process: How does taxpayer money get spent?—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 June 2025
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Today, Dassault hopes to cash in its experience chips for VORTEX, which has received €30 million (US$35 million) from the French Ministry of Armed Forces, with hopes for more support from ESA later this year after the agency's ministerial meeting in November.—
David Szondy
June 27,
New Atlas,
27 June 2025
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But a final decision to proceed and commit to the mission will not be made before the space agency's ministerial meeting in November.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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“Governmental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governmental. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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