governor

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Recent Examples of governor The governor disagrees with that characterization. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026 The special elections would be set by the governor. David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026 Pennsylvania's primary election will take place on May 19, with races including everything from state governor all the day down to county committee members, depending on your municipality. Finch Walker, USA Today, 11 May 2026 Advertisement Swalwell dropped out of the governor’s race, and later resigned from Congress on April 14. Nik Popli, Time, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for governor
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Noun
  • The 1984 rodeo made a profit of $23,000, but administrators cited additional and prohibitive costs as the reason for discontinuing future rodeos.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
  • Woodbury city administrator Jeffrey Dahl said the city has a booming health care and retail industry, and the new Amazon facility is another asset to the city that will encourage resilience and business and career diversity.
    Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • On update calls, Andy Sriubas, a former advertising executive put in charge of the field offices, seemed unable to answer specific questions.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • Corporate executives often ask themselves how to participate in the benefits of deep tech innovation – but without trying to create this innovation based on just a few risky internal projects.
    Anis Uzzaman, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • So McCarthy slid into the DMs (direct messages) of Artemis 2 commander and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 May 2026
  • Christopher Cann Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said in a public address that a strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut killed a high-ranking Hezbollah commander.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Rishabh Desai has been with the Clippers since 2016 and is now the executive director of basketball operations.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Sentiment was hurt by the rising price of gas caused by the war, according to survey director Joanne Hsu.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • The strike began in February, weeks before the WGA was set to enter negotiations with the major studios, with the workers accusing their employer of bargaining in bad faith.
    Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
  • For now, Trump accounts will likely become a ubiquitous workplace benefit, just like 401k accounts, with employers matching employees’ contributions, Cruz said.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Going underground Mark Thomson, CERN director general, revealed that CERN is supplying prototype detectors and giant cryostats for DUNE, while in parallel, US labs are providing superconducting magnets for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
  • One was a retired Air Force general, two others were not scientists but had worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and another had a security clearance but worked elsewhere.
    Faye Flam, Scientific American, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • BuzzFeed founder and current chief Jonah Peretti will transition to a new role as president of BuzzFeed AI.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • Cara Sylvester, Target's merchandising chief, told CNBC that families with children visit stores twice as much as the average shopper.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Wendy Birhanzel, superintendent of Harrison School District 2 in Colorado, said her district has taken the approach recommended by Epstein, of focusing on the quality of homework while assigning less of it.
    Ariel Gilreath, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In response to an inquiry about the search, the district directed the Star-Telegram to its superintendent search page that was updated on April 9.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Governor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governor. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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