1
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
African governments have long complained that ratings agencies unfairly downgrade them relative to non-African peers, pushing up borrowing costs.
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Expect governments to tighten rules, requiring companies to track and disclose their dependencies.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Stripped of a reliable majority, Macron's governments have lurched from one showdown to the next.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
In line with the Frankfurt theorists, Lebow writes that mid-twentieth-century politics in the US and much of Europe positioned governments as supporting economic growth and social stability.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
Kentucky's General Assembly passed a law in 1984 that allowed cities, counties and urban-county governments to enact a balanced landlord-tenant act known as URLTA.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2025
The countries which enact digital services taxes, however, argue that massive tech titans like Amazon operate within their borders and generate huge profits from their citizens while paying little or no taxes to the respective governments.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
In the 1960s and 1970s, for example, central banks in Latin America printed money to support their governments’ spending goals.
—Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Expect governments to tighten rules, requiring companies to track and disclose their dependencies.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Stripped of a reliable majority, Macron's governments have lurched from one showdown to the next.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
In line with the Frankfurt theorists, Lebow writes that mid-twentieth-century politics in the US and much of Europe positioned governments as supporting economic growth and social stability.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
Kentucky's General Assembly passed a law in 1984 that allowed cities, counties and urban-county governments to enact a balanced landlord-tenant act known as URLTA.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2025
The countries which enact digital services taxes, however, argue that massive tech titans like Amazon operate within their borders and generate huge profits from their citizens while paying little or no taxes to the respective governments.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
In the 1960s and 1970s, for example, central banks in Latin America printed money to support their governments’ spending goals.
—Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governments
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According to the Center on Presidential Transition, the average time to confirm a president's nominee has nearly quadrupled from an average of 49 days to 193 days during the last six presidential administrations.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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America hasn't seen substantial gains in pay equity or general support for women workers for the last several administrations, Robbins said.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Both levels are far above EU rules demanding that individual members’ deficits should not exceed 3% of GDP, while their public debt should not surpass 60% of economic output.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Israel began ground operations within the city about a week ago.—
Diaa Ostaz,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Embedding causal inference to improve reasoning, reduce error cascades, and support safer, more reliable operations.—
Rajeev Ronanki,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Modified plants grew two to three times heavier than controls.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Ten years ago, several sites, including YouTube and Tumblr, also lacked guardrails and only added meaningful parental controls in recent years.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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In that model, sandboxes serve as proving grounds for compliance regimes, generating data that can inform broader standards.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In competitive authoritarian regimes, however, there’s a constant push and pull between democratic and autocratic impulses.—
Karrin Vasby Anderson,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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Payments and identity laws differ across countries, and aligning standards across jurisdictions will prove difficult.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Suffolk County district attorney’s office, one of the most populous jurisdictions in the state, is based in Boston and prosecuted Louise’s case.—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
11 Sep. 2025
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As aviation grapples with its environmental footprint, leaders like Barberot demonstrate that sustainability advances often come from unexpected directions.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Framework stresses that, without policy actions, strategic plans risk moving in different directions, lose coherence or fall away.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Her list continues with small but frustrating oversights.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Small oversights in design can lead to costly change orders later, so detail matters here.—
Yuvraj Kshirsagar,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Governments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governments. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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