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Recent Examples of governorship
Your six years on Fox would put you in good company as a Republican seeking the governorship, what with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronald Reagan’s own pre-politics claim to fame.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
Yusuf Tuggar, who had been foreign minister since 2023, resigned last month to seek a state governorship.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
In the 1990s, the Legislature repeatedly expanded pension benefits in a bipartisan fashion — Republicans controlled the Senate for the entire decade and the governorship from 1995 under George Pataki.
—Daniel Disalvo, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Abigail Spanberger won the governorship by 15 points and the largest raw-vote margin in state history.
—Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
Yusuf Tuggar, who had been foreign minister since 2023, resigned last month to seek a state governorship.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
In the 1990s, the Legislature repeatedly expanded pension benefits in a bipartisan fashion — Republicans controlled the Senate for the entire decade and the governorship from 1995 under George Pataki.
—Daniel Disalvo, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Abigail Spanberger won the governorship by 15 points and the largest raw-vote margin in state history.
—Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governorship
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After the modernising ethos of the Eyraud era, this — the thinking went — was a way of putting football back at the very heart of the club’s management structure.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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This lasted until 2023, when new management company Storey Hotel Management (who also run Nanuku Resort in Fiji and the Ameswell Hotel in California) took over, and the resort has maintained its elegance and quiet luxury.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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The election took place amid a surge in violent crime and corruption that has fueled widespread discontent among voters, who largely view candidates as dishonest and unprepared for the presidency.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 May 2026
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The presidency isn’t up for two years.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
16 May 2026
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But within reason, there will be boundaries and parental supervision.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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Entirely new operational roles appear around oversight, ethics, coordination and system supervision.—
Mira Tzur,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Those are some of the extraordinary events that unfolded during the eight-year chairmanship of Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve, an institution tasked with managing the economy to achieve maximum employment and stable prices.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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But his chairmanship’s suffocating high interest rates created a palatable cure.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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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
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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
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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
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In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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To take an example that would be potentially devastating to the Republicans, imagine that the Democrats took full control of the state government in Georgia.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Private equity companies would be banned from investing in youth sports teams, leagues, facilities and events under a new federal bill, a move lawmakers say would lower participation costs for families and restore control of a public good to local communities.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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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
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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 18 May. 2026.
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