governments

noun

plural of government
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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2
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 With the leading models becoming ever more powerful, their ability to act in malicious ways is turning into a major threat for corporations and governments, especially as the risk involves hacking into critical computer systems and infrastructure. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 What is presented as a surplus is political math, the short-term cash-basis budget view that governments use (like your checkbook). — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026 As the largest institutional purchaser of firearms in the United States, governments have tremendous power to shape the market. — Kris Brown, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 One of the most elementary ones is that governments have no resources. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 The practice gained prominence under successive state administrations, with governments providing couples with wedding necessities and financial assistance. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 All that has significant implications for the companies that build data centers and the governments that want them to be built. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026 Satellites capture images, analysts interpret them–and then governments respond once the damage has already been done. — Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governments
  1. administrations
  2. managements
  3. rules
  4. operations
  5. regimes
  6. controls
  7. jurisdictions
  8. supervisions
Noun
  • Bringing sport into daily Parisian life has been an objective across successive city administrations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • If the project seems somewhat convoluted and unnecessarily complex, Dreier has emphasized that’s in part because the US space program has been subject to budget uncertainties and the shifting whims of presidential administrations.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of administrations
Noun
  • 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
Definition of managements
Noun
  • The question for several speakers was not necessarily whether data centers should exist in Marietta, but what rules should govern them.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • New federal rules are creating issues for states The federal rules in question were first proposed last year and were finalized in May.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of rules
Noun
  • Leaders of several similar operations including Masonicare in Wallingford, Duncaster in Bloomfield and Elim Park in Hamden joined Fairview officials in applauding its growth.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That is potentially significant because modern military operations increasingly depend on networks containing aircraft, ships, unmanned systems, sensors and command-and-control nodes from multiple organizations.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of operations
Noun
  • But opponents commonly connect it to communism, an authoritarian system associated with brutal regimes such as the Soviet Union and Cuba that believes the working class should take control through violent revolution.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Healthcare organizations face the same tension under HIPAA and equivalent regimes—patient data bound by residency and access rules, audited against frameworks that assume traceability.
    — Volodymyr Lebediev, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of regimes
Noun
  • Beijing's core motivation is maintaining strict capital controls; a freely transferable yuan token would undermine this.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Investigators allege the scheme relied on a critical breakdown in internal controls.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of controls
Noun
  • Additional conflicts may arise in jurisdictions that prohibit cash customers from paying more than customers using other payment methods, a rule symmetric rounding can violate when a cash total rounds up.
    — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Los Angeles could become one of the first major election jurisdictions to implement guidance or policy related to prediction markets.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of jurisdictions
Noun
  • 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.
    — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of supervisions

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