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Recent Examples of governorship
In 11 of the last 12 elections, the candidate who won the Virginia governorship was from the opposition party of the president who had been elected to the White House a year earlier.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 18 June 2025
There are no imminent vacancies on the Fed’s board of governors — save for Powell, a frequent Trump target whose term as head of the central bank expires in May 2026, though his governorship runs until 2028.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 June 2025
However, California’s general fund — which pays for the state’s core programs, such as education, health care and prisons — has tripled from $78 billion during Democrat Gray Davis’ governorship to $229 billion in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest budget.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 7 June 2025
Rowland served two terms in the Connecticut State Legislature and three in the U.S. House of Representatives before winning the governorship in 1994.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
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Susan Page, USA Today, 18 June 2025
There are no imminent vacancies on the Fed’s board of governors — save for Powell, a frequent Trump target whose term as head of the central bank expires in May 2026, though his governorship runs until 2028.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 June 2025
However, California’s general fund — which pays for the state’s core programs, such as education, health care and prisons — has tripled from $78 billion during Democrat Gray Davis’ governorship to $229 billion in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest budget.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 7 June 2025
Rowland served two terms in the Connecticut State Legislature and three in the U.S. House of Representatives before winning the governorship in 1994.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governorship
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Resilience is more than traditional risk management, the report states.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The idea that residents should trust a city coming off 30 years of grievous management errors to handle this task well is hard to believe.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2025
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During Joe Biden's presidency, that rate was set at 10 percent to allow seniors more breathing room to pay for their basic necessities.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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Messaging that undocumented immigrants are a massive criminal monolith helped fuel Trump to the American presidency—twice.—
Jose Antonio Vargas,
Time,
4 July 2025
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Digital Nomads Cultivate Self-Reliance That Drives Performance Working without direct supervision requires a high level of discipline.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Instead, they were placed under an order of supervision, which required them to check in annually with immigration officials.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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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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In exchange for help from the league in obtaining loans, a country had to accept the league’s superintendence of its economic affairs.—
Branko Milanovic,
Foreign Affairs,
21 June 2022
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The papacy essentially is a kingship, DeBernardo said.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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In all this, Jesus was retrieving and modeling some of the remarkable kingship themes from Israel’s own scriptures.—
N.T. Wright,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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Because many of the scenes are shot through windows or doorways, the camera can seem sympathetic to Agnes’s struggle to regain control.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
29 June 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2025
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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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The superintendency for the largest suburban school district in southwest Ohio became vacant in January 2023, after former superintendent Matt Miller said a board member bullied him out of his position.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
4 May 2024
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Johnson was taken into custody by police on June 24 and charged with making a terroristic threat, according to Austin Police Department (and first reported by KXAN).—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2025
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According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Johnson was taken into custody around 6 p.m. local time at an Austin hotel after traveling from his home in Willis, Texas.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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“Governorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governorship. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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