governorship

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Recent Examples of governorship Hamas agreed to most of the points in the deal, including handing over the governorship of the Gaza Strip to a technocratic Palestinian body. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025 Miran was sworn into his governorship mere hours before the meeting began, an unusual timing to start an unusual governorship. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025 The two met when Abbott offered to volunteer for Collins’s 1994 primary bid for the Maine governorship. Al Weaver, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025 Democrats also control the legislature and governorship in Oregon, but recently redrew congressional districts before the 2022 midterms. Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for governorship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governorship
Noun
  • That money is being taken away from habitat management, stocking and improving fisheries for anglers.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s camp asked the company about the marker, Gina Lázaro, VP of brand management at Sharpie’s parent company, Newell Brands, told Fortune in an exclusive interview.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in February 1951, establishing the two-term limit for the presidency.
    Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Trump posted the video to Truth Social on Saturday evening, afters millions took to the streets across the country to demonstrate against his presidency.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The version screening at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival was restored by The Walt Disney Studios using a new 4K 16-bit scan of the original negative at Roundabout Entertainment under the supervision of directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Keeping Instagram updated on both devices ensures all settings and parental controls function correctly and new supervision features are available.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Under Do’s board chairmanship, CalOptima CEO Michael Hunn’s pay was increased by about 50% in 2022 to $841,500 a year.
    Claire Wang, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Dingell lost the vote and the chairmanship.
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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
  • While waving away the responsibilities of kingship, Shrek can’t escape the responsibilities of fatherhood, as Fiona’s pregnant.
    Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The papacy essentially is a kingship, DeBernardo said.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Johnson reportedly regained control of the vehicle and attempted to flee again, but police executed a ramming technique, known as a tactical vehicle intervention, to disable the vehicle, the release says.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Massey teaches the superintendency course and the principalship course at the University of Minnesota.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As the superintendency reports, continued archaeological investigations will hopefully reveal more about the tomb and the surrounding necropolis, which may illuminate the social history of the ancient Neapolitan community that used it.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024

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“Governorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governorship. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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