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Recent Examples of governors
Despite the poor fiscal policy scores for the governors, Edwards expressed confidence that a governor would be better than someone already ensconced in Washington.
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Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
A number of candidates have reportedly been named as possible successors to Powell, including Fed governors Bowman, Waller and Philip Jefferson, White House economist Kevin Hassett and former Fed governor Kevin Warsh.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
A number of candidates have reportedly been named as possible successors to Powell, including Fed governors Bowman, Waller and Philip Jefferson, White House economist Kevin Hassett and former Fed governor Kevin Warsh.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governors
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This was after administrators pressured Rodenbush to drop traditional news content from print editions.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
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Cindy Ueckert, a La Jolla High associate principal, said Olivares and Park told school administrators, including Principal Chuck Podhorsky, about the event as early as August.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Oct. 2025
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At that meeting, Buchanan's reappointment to a full five-year term on the housing authority's board was rejected in a 6-2 decision, with two city directors absent.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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Alongside dozens of producers, beverage directors, buyers, and supporters, ABV became a destination and community.—
Osayi Endolyn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Oct. 2025
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Players, coaches, executives and ownership groups have come and gone, but the team remains despite a lengthy and emotional relocation saga that nearly resulted in a move to Seattle.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Most network executives are at least somewhat sophisticated and have a decent sense of humor.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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Many of the marble mausoleums on this 14-acre spot are held by Argentina’s elite, some famous, others infamous—think past presidents, Nobel Prize winners, and military commanders.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Experts and onlookers have questioned with growing concern whether these strikes are legal, and whether military lawyers that the Pentagon has encouraged commanders to ignore had signed off on the operations.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead of harping on the skills employers think Gen Z is lacking, our only option is to do something about it.—
Allison Danielsen,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Her employers had been shot and left in their car, which someone set ablaze and pushed into the underbrush.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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However, Washington and Pyongyang haven’t hinted at any meeting between the leaders ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea, as attention is focused on trade talks with China’s Xi Jinping over a growing trade spat.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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What entity should take the lead on protecting Gastonia’s most vulnerable during extreme heat or cold, and how can city and county leaders, and partner organizations, better work together?—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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Townes-Whitley was one of three Black female Fortune 500 chiefs.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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In 1495 Columbus retaliated by assailing Taíno villages and capturing chiefs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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That money, superintendents say, is desperately needed in their districts.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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Many of the problems the Statesman and ProPublica heard from superintendents had disproportionate impacts on students with disabilities.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Governors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governors. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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