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as in administrations
lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)
government by the people, for the people
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as in managements
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
a board involved in the government of the distribution of benefits to veterans
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Recent Examples of governments
On Friday, the Israeli and Lebanese governments agreed a process by which the Lebanese military (LAF) would gradually take control of zones in southern Lebanon.
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Xiaoqian Lin,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
The findings come as governments around the world, including the UK, have proposed social media bans of their own.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
28 June 2026
Yet these easy luxuries have simultaneously raised the entitlement of citizens and their expectations of largesse from their underfunded, over-bureaucratized, overpromising governments, which are left seeming slow and inept.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
According to the latest figures, foreign governments have now deployed 2,624 international rescuers, up from 2,242 the previous day.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2026
Businesses have pledged to help the police maintain stability with drones and helicopters, while other African governments have sent planes and buses to repatriate their citizens.
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Lauren Morganbesser,
semafor.com,
28 June 2026
More rescue teams sent by governments across the world arrived in Venezuela on Saturday.
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Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
Beefing up infrastructure can be a slow process for state and city governments, and Valnova is going to need it.
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Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
28 June 2026
As far as the chemistry council is concerned, newspaper stories, television news programs and online posts are to blame for people increasingly clamoring for industries and governments to address plastic waste.
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Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Xiaoqian Lin,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
The findings come as governments around the world, including the UK, have proposed social media bans of their own.
—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
28 June 2026
Yet these easy luxuries have simultaneously raised the entitlement of citizens and their expectations of largesse from their underfunded, over-bureaucratized, overpromising governments, which are left seeming slow and inept.
—
Simon Sebag Montefiore,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
According to the latest figures, foreign governments have now deployed 2,624 international rescuers, up from 2,242 the previous day.
—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2026
Businesses have pledged to help the police maintain stability with drones and helicopters, while other African governments have sent planes and buses to repatriate their citizens.
—
Lauren Morganbesser,
semafor.com,
28 June 2026
More rescue teams sent by governments across the world arrived in Venezuela on Saturday.
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Arkansas Online,
28 June 2026
Beefing up infrastructure can be a slow process for state and city governments, and Valnova is going to need it.
—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
28 June 2026
As far as the chemistry council is concerned, newspaper stories, television news programs and online posts are to blame for people increasingly clamoring for industries and governments to address plastic waste.
—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governments
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While there, Secretary Rubio pledged the administrations commitment to helping Venezuela recover from this week's deadly earthquakes.
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Bolton is a longtime national security expert and attorney who has served in various Republican presidential administrations, spanning Ronald Reagan to Trump.
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These are different eras, and the respective managements are no longer the same, but something about this feels off.
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Information about Spirit’s plans was equally scarce among managements of airports the airline serves.
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First, President Dillon asked for existing data centers to be grandfathered in the ordinance, meaning operating data centers can expand without following these rules.
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Under federal rules, if a complaint about an infant formula — such as a report of an adverse event — shows a possible health hazard, the company must investigate.
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The last-place Angels appointed former Cardinals GM John Mozeliak to be their interim general manager and baseball operations consultant on Friday.
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For employers building out their presence in the space economy, this means continually competing for the select pool of workers who possess the skillsets needed to sustain current operations and long-term growth.
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America dramatically weakened one of the world’s most dangerous and unpredictable regimes and secured a decisive victory.
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Some are fleeing authoritarian regimes, war or natural disasters.
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Export controls have blocked Huawei and China’s leading chipmakers from access to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools and leading-edge foundry capacity around which the frontier semiconductor roadmap is organized.
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Anthropic had objected to the government’s decision to impose export controls in a blog post announcing that the two systems had been disabled.
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He has been accused by more than 80 women of misconduct, ranging from harassment to rape, over decades and in multiple jurisdictions around the world.
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Taxing jurisdictions like school districts and libraries are imploring the county to not deal such a dramatic blow to their operating budgets, while homeowners want the county to grant them relief from their high bills.
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This overreach and weaponization of the government manifested especially clearly in burdensome regulations and guidance; in extensive and onerous supervisions; in investigations and cases, frequently leading to crushing penalties and injunctive terms unrelated to actual harm.
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“Governments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governments. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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