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governments

noun

plural of government

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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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 And despite consistent outcry, area governments haven’t fixed it. — Zuri Primos july 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 In any case, the state and federal governments should lower the bar, at least a little bit, for any neighborhood to qualify for protection from sound pollution. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 26 July 2026 The fluid and fragile situation always meant a decision would be left late to allow all options to be explored, with F1 always staying in close contact with local authorities and governments to be as informed as possible about the situation. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 26 July 2026 What Black Women’s HIV/AIDS Leadership Teaches Us The greatest lesson of the HIV/AIDS pandemic is not what biomedicine accomplished, but what communities accomplished when medicine, policy, and governments fell short. — Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 The incident has alarmed the world, but perhaps no one more so than AI safety experts who have warning about these kinds of dangers for years and urging companies and governments to adopt more safeguards. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 25 July 2026 The agreement is also a sign that massive AI infrastructure buildouts are moving beyond a handful of hyperscalers, with foreign governments and massive conglomerates starting to get involved. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 25 July 2026 Most recently, a flurry of appeals from several governments — including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar — dissuaded Trump from following through on a plan to collect fees from ships transiting the strait. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Although about a dozen states in the country tax foreclosures, no other California city until now has taken this step, mainly because most governments do not treat lenders as conventional property buyers. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

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However, such threats from previous administrations have been targeted and rare.

— Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
While the use of subpoena power against journalists has always been highly controversial, officials in past administrations sometimes justified it by arguing it was used as a last resort, after other investigative avenues were exhausted.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of administrations

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These are different eras, and the respective managements are no longer the same, but something about this feels off.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Information about Spirit’s plans was equally scarce among managements of airports the airline serves.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026

Definition of managements

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What to know about privacy Hospitals and doctors’ offices must follow codes of ethics and rules that protect sensitive patient health information and protect privacy, but AI is not bound by the same strict federal rules.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
This might feel like a pretty significant milestone for you, one whose arrival is made possible because the rules temporarily changed, because the goalposts shifted, or because the obstacles in your way finally eased up.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

Definition of rules

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Senators are tasked with reviewing laws passed more than a decade ago that exempt certain data centers from paying sales taxes on goods that are essential to their operations.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026
Props to new president of basketball operations in Mike Gansey, who was not only able to pry the 2024 NBA Finals MVP from a hated rival, but also had the roster in a good enough position to land one of the greatest players in history.

— Rob Peterson, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of operations

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As the previous temporary measures neared their expiry deadlines, that put pressure on the White House to establish more permanent tariff regimes, Jacob explained.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Supply will be constrained not only by geography and capital availability, but also by geopolitics, permitting regimes and industrial policy.

— Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of regimes

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Four Regulators, Four Different Markets The difficulty is that the clock runs against a process no party controls.

— Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
And what remains is all blacked out, except for the lower rocker covers and pushrod tubes – from the fork covers, the controls, the handlebar, the turn signals, the headlight bucket, the engine, exhaust, and even the rear fender struts.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026

Definition of controls

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The state did not provide funding for local jurisdictions to implement the new rule, creating what officials have described as an unfunded mandate.

— Madison Smalstig July 29, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
The reserve sits in both Canada and the United States, and the overlapping jurisdictions can make smuggling easier, Maheu said.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026

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