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Recent Examples of governorship
Attorneys with the Tennessee Attorney General's office placed the bulk of their argument on the powers of the governorship.
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Lucas Finton, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 5 Mar. 2026
Heading into the 2026 election cycle, predicting a Republican candidate winning the California governorship would have seemed like a sucker’s bet in the heavily Democratic state.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The keynote rebuttal typically goes to a rising star in the opposition party, and Spanberger secured one of the Democrats’ biggest wins last year, flipping Virginia’s governorship by a 15-point margin.
—Julia Terruso, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
Educating California’s nearly 6 million public school students is the state budget’s second largest expenditure, and one that has increased sharply during Gavin Newsom’s governorship.
—Dan Walters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
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Lucas Finton, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 5 Mar. 2026
Heading into the 2026 election cycle, predicting a Republican candidate winning the California governorship would have seemed like a sucker’s bet in the heavily Democratic state.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The keynote rebuttal typically goes to a rising star in the opposition party, and Spanberger secured one of the Democrats’ biggest wins last year, flipping Virginia’s governorship by a 15-point margin.
—Julia Terruso, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
Educating California’s nearly 6 million public school students is the state budget’s second largest expenditure, and one that has increased sharply during Gavin Newsom’s governorship.
—Dan Walters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governorship
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In Guerin’s experience, having played on two Stanley Cup-winning teams and serving in the management for a few more, the importance of depth come playoff time — when injuries can be sudden and devastating to a team’s title hopes 1 is a vital tool in the team’s toolbox.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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Topics include weight management, diet, exercise, Alzheimer’s disease prevention, and the biology of aging.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The election of the reformist former President Mohammad Khatami in 1997, for instance, was an expression of the popular will and explicitly against the wishes of Ali Khamenei, but he was still allowed to take the presidency.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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Iran is exposing the limits of a presidency built on bluff, improvisation and submission rituals.—
Fareed Zakaria,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Avoid abandoning any fire without supervision.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Mar. 2026
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Jeremiah would thrive with a family that can provide supervision, structure, patience and understanding, along with a consistent routine.—
The Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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But Burchett is promising to use his chairmanship to uncover further misconduct on Capitol Hill and will try to obtain the settlement case files kept by the Office of Compliance.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Feb. 2026
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And like any City Council committee chairmanship, the position comes with a budget to hire staff.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 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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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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In pre-Christian Ireland, sucking breasts was a way of showing subjugation to a king and the cutting out of Old Croghan Man’s nipples is, historians believe, an indication that he had been thus stripped of his claims to kingship.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
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As gangs continue to expand and consolidate territorial control, journalists remain in growing danger, according to the commission and other press freedom groups.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Observer maintains full editorial control of its journalism.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 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 31 Mar. 2026.
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