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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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Additionally, department employees may not, when acting in their official capacities, speak at, attend, or otherwise participate in events hosted by the ABA.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025 -
Over 1,300 federal employees impacted by the Department of Education's March 11 reduction in force received their official separation notices Thursday, according to copies reviewed by ABC News.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This is part of the administration's broader strategy to ensure universities comply with federal law regarding protections for Jewish students.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Courts have repeatedly ruled that immigration enforcement is a function of the federal government.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Blockchain also removes geographic and bureaucratic barriers to banking.—
Raymond Qu,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Over the years, arXiv’s permanence has been threatened by everything from bureaucratic strife to outdated code to even, once, a spy scandal.—
Sheon Han,
Wired News,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The district would have the authority to plan, purchase, build and operate the facilities to provide water for domestic, municipal and commercial use.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
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Another strike in Deir al Balah hit a municipal building Sunday afternoon and killed at least three people, according to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.—
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, the leader of another HHS agency that works on domestic violence, the Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services, was placed on administrative leave.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2025
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The agency's workforce was put on administrative leave late last week, per NPR, and the flow of money appears to have been largely frozen, the New York Times reported.—
Asher Price,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The martial law attempt, which lasted about six hours before Yoon backed down in the face of parliamentary opposition and public protests, plunged the country into months of turmoil and led to the Constitutional Court removing him from the presidency this month for violating constitutional powers.—
Joyce Lee,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Tolentino was invited to give evidence before the parliamentary commission but opted to remain silent during his hearing.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Conservatives typically treasure civic institutions as a storehouse of ancestral wisdom; those on the left have championed universal rights, individual freedoms and the vox populi.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Momentum grows around literacy in Fort Worth Friday’s announcement comes amid growing calls from Tarrant County’s civic and business leaders for schools in the Fort Worth area to improve their reading scores.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The approval process for the project is ministerial, meaning the applicant does not need to seek public input and that review by city staff does not need to include public hearings.—
Robert Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Their efforts were undermined by regular flux at ministerial level, with the UK having had four prime ministers in as many years.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Governmental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governmental. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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