GOVERNORSHIP Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

governorship

noun

Definition of governorship

as in management

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Recent Examples of governorship The twin crises in unemployment insurance and pension benefits were left to Jerry Brown, Davis’ old boss, who regained the governorship in 2010. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 7 July 2026 In 2019, the first year of DeSantis’ governorship, Florida carried out two executions, and then three years passed without another. — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026 Housing and affordability Each candidate describes housing affordability as a key hurdle for the next governor — and touts his proposal as a marquee policy for his governorship. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 25 June 2026 Modern leaders Ever since the anti-immigrant 1990s governorship of the Protestant Pete Wilson, our governors, all Catholic, have defended immigrants. — Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for governorship

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Noun

Political scientist Sandra Borda argued that the difficulties in aid management are related to the tense political transition between the current and previous administrations, which lacked a formal handover.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Conventional time-management advice, Schore argues, focuses almost exclusively on visible behaviors—meetings, email volume, scheduling techniques and collaboration practices.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of management

Noun

The fight over the plan to sell off parts of the World Cup and other signature FIFA events to private businesses has tested that bulletproof presidency.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
During his presidency Trump would become the first president to be impeached twice.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of presidency

Noun

The new musical will feature a book by Leah Nanako Winkler and music supervision, vocal, and incidental music arrangements by Or Matias.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
Adam Saracco, 41, entered the plea during a court appearance in Maywood and was sentenced to one year of supervision.

— Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of supervision

Noun

Martin also has the support of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who stood behind Martin’s chairmanship while stumping in Pennsylvania over the weekend.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
The flare-up complicates a week Manila had hoped would showcase its ASEAN chairmanship.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of chairmanship

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
We were told that Russia used these companies to hack the brains of suggestible yokels, and that only wise superintendence of social-media conversation by progressives could save the world from fascism.

— The Editors, National Review, 31 Oct. 2022

Definition of superintendence

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

Definition of kingship

Noun

Not necessarily having control of it, but understanding what Kanan did and how this was going to come back to him.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
On June 12, Anthropic suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with Commerce Department export controls.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of control

Noun

Carvalho’s later Form 700s — for the entire period of his superintendency — are nearly blank.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
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

Definition of superintendency

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