governorship

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Recent Examples of governorship But as the primaries for the city’s mayoral race and California‘s governorship wrapped up Tuesday, some music executives and performers have supported and donated large amounts to Spencer Pratt, the right-leaning activist and reality TV star running for mayor. Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 Newsom’s recent social-media activities notwithstanding, the California governorship is not one of those jobs. Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 2 June 2026 While supporters of school choice and education reform like myself are grateful for his clashes with the teachers unions at the time, that was also what effectively killed his subsequent efforts at the governorship in 2018 and now 2026. Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 31 May 2026 Nearly six years into his governorship, Newsom in late 2024 proposed more than doubling the state’s small- and big-screen incentives in an effort to-stem the tsunami of production and projects leaving the home of Hollywood. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for governorship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governorship
Noun
  • Gautam Mukunda writes about corporate management and innovation.
    Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • Union leadership said this week that the league was not formally asked by management to meet and confer over various charter proposals dealing with the LAPD, including the one focused on policy.
    Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Marcos, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, led leaders of the 11-nation bloc in commemorating the 35th anniversary of ASEAN's diplomatic relations with Russia.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Marcos, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, led leaders of the 11-nation bloc in commemorating the 35th anniversary of ASEAN’s diplomatic relations with Russia.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • The threat to state insurance supervision is therefore loaded but not fired, and anyone telling you the states have already lost, or already won, is getting ahead of the facts.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, teenagers between 14 and 16 will be able to use it under direct teacher supervision.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Murley, a member of the Lake Forest College board since 2019, assumed the chairmanship on June 1.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • Higher inflation adds to conviction on the Street that Warsh will be unable to cut rates anytime soon, as he's championed prior to succeeding the chairmanship.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Their huge fortunes are the legitimate wages of superintendence; in the struggle for existence, money is the token of success.
    Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The era of progressive superintendence ironically began with the spread of disinformation, Buzzfeed’s release of the infamous Trump dossier.
    The Editors, National Review, 31 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.
    Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Residents of the peninsula are often reluctant to speak out publicly given the control Russia enforces on the ground.
    Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • At-home routines give you more control over how aggressively your nails are filed and how gently polish is removed.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The fallout In the aftermath of the UFT’s formal notice, a letter campaign was launched that asked Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels not to appoint Lynch-Reyes to the permanent superintendency.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Massey teaches the superintendency course and the principalship course at the University of Minnesota.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Governorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governorship. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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