governor

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Recent Examples of governor In attendance were the governor and first lady, the lieutenant governor, the comptroller and the state’s senior U.S. senator. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2025 Ultimately for the sale of any WNBA team to occur, the league of governors needs to sign off on any agreement reached between the buyer and seller. Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 In the past, New Hampshire’s governor has been remarkably sensible for a Republican who endorsed Trump as recently as 2024. James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025 In other states where Democrats control the governor's office and legislature, including Colorado and Washington, the party has backed independent commissions that cannot redraw, let alone rig, maps in the middle of the decade. Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for governor
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Noun
  • In order to add cryptocurrency to 401(k) plans, administrators may need to work with regulated custodians, establish distinct index funds related to cryptocurrency, or have crypto and other alternative classes in a managed portfolio.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Sara Rosenbaum, professor emerita of health law and policy at George Washington University, said she’s heard from clinic administrators and industry colleagues who have experienced a substantial drop in in-person visits among immigrant patients.
    Kff Health News, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For business and security executives, the question is no longer whether AI infrastructure needs to be secured but, rather, how much exposure exists today and what role leadership must play in addressing it.
    Yuriy Bulygin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Dvorak wrote, co-directed, executive produced and stars in Bad Survivor.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Residents at the Slate Apartment complex in Bellevue evacuated a 12-unit block shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday due to what Nashville Fire Department’s Aaron Haddix, the commander on scene, said was called in as an appliance fire.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 16 Aug. 2025
  • National Guard patrol provokes insults, approvals National Guardsmen first appeared on this deployment in front of the Washington Monument on Aug. 12, according to photos posted by commanders and news reports.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ortega, who is best known as a director, recently garnered attention for her short film Huella, executive produced by Lena Waithe and selected for the Sundance Film Festival.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Bugg joined the company in January 2020 as marketing and communication director for Asia and, a few months later, was appointed group communication director.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As jobseekers race to game the bots, employers respond with ever-more complex screening tools.
    Nicholas Wyman, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • One of those hospitals is Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, the city’s largest employer with more than 1,000 employees.
    Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Pascal plays Marcus Acacius, a Roman general who becomes morally conflicted about his allegiance to the emperors.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 July 2025
  • What is the salary of the president and the secretary general?
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Who are the candidates for Fort Worth police chief?
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Now, the family of Daniel Baxter, Detroit's elections department's chief of operations, owns the home through his organization, the Ossian H. Sweet Foundation.
    Dana Afana, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Her character, Linda, is dealing with a house flood that made her roof cave in, a therapist played by Conan O’Brien who could stand to be better at his job, and being courted by A$AP Rocky’s motel superintendent, who watches weird things on the internet.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
  • After holding a variety of jobs, she was named interim superintendent when Tony Sanders left to become state superintendent of education and was later given the job on a permanent basis in May 2023 at a salary of $282,500.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Governor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governor. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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