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governments

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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 But African governments should not mistake a ceasefire, or even the reopening of the strait, for a return to business as usual. — Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026 European governments are accustomed to footing the bill and having a say in where rockets are built, a procurement model known as geographical return, or geo-return. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026 State governments also sit in Germany’s upper house of parliament, which has to approve some government legislation. — Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Other countries’ governments are also legislating copyright law in favor of AI. — Greta Reich, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 That’s as governments since the COVID pandemic have continued spending as if borrowing costs were still at crisis-era lows and letting deficits worsen as if their economies were still in desperate need of emergency stimulus. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026 The Baltic initiative comes amid broader efforts by NATO and regional governments to protect an area increasingly associated with threats to undersea cables, pipelines, shipping and other critical infrastructure. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Italy's economy slows The milestone is particularly notable in a country long associated with political instability — a problem heightened by the 2010 to 2012 euro zone sovereign debt crisis — with 68 governments serving over 80 years. — Jenni Reid,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026 Waste plastic could provide another source of hydrocarbons for fuel production, particularly as governments and industry look for ways to deal with both plastic waste and aviation emissions. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

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Bolstering the domestic manufacturing sector has been a priority across administrations (Joe Biden signed the bipartisan chips law in 2022).

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Immigrants with no criminal convictions, who under previous administrations would have been released on bond or not detained in the first place, would now be held while their immigration cases were pending.

— Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of administrations

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Most managements feel that the — on the price of their shares — that the higher, the better.

— Alex Crippen, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
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

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Three other three-judge panels on the 5th Circuit -- one in this case and two in an earlier one -- and two district courts have already agreed that rules for prescribing mifepristone are too loose.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
The revolutionary idea that the ruled rather than the rulers decide the rules emerged only haltingly.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rules

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Brian Duker was hired as defensive coordinator and will assist Glenn with game planning and day-to-day operations.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Overseeing citywide operations is the ordinary business of government, not Building Code enforcement.

— Fabiola Stuyvesant, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of operations

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The 20-year-old was a bridge-between-regimes addition, as was Lukas Hornicek, who Newcastle’s data team identified as a future top-class goalkeeper.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
All three countries will also need to create new regulatory regimes to make sure that Chinese firms operate fairly and do not continue to benefit from Beijing’s subsidies or from its discriminatory allocation of exports of essential inputs.

— Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of regimes

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For households, parental controls allow restricting access to inappropriate and adult content.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026
Potential support could cover siting, licensing, fabrication, safety-basis development, project controls and deployment planning for NANO Nuclear’s KRONOS MMR Energy System and portable microreactor designs.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

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