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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 a 23-43 season in his first season, Jackson leads the Warriors to back-to-back playoff appearances with 47 and 51 wins but was fired amid a backdrop of friction with management (including team advisor Jerry West) and fostering a poor work environment.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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Educators are overhauling their classroom management approach to cut down on the chaos.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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The war engulfed what remained of Johnson’s presidency, and his vision for a Great Society never achieved the height of his ambition.—
Mark Conway,
Baltimore Sun,
9 May 2026
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Not only were both men there, but so were almost all of the successors to the presidency.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Arenas has been outspoken in her efforts to reform child welfare following high-profile deaths of children under county supervision, including the fentanyl overdose of infant Phoenix Castro and, most recently, the death of 2-year-old Jaxon Juarez.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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Kids could play all day and much of the night, anywhere, without a lot of — or any — adult supervision.—
Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Warsh would take the chairmanship at a complicated time, given that a spike in gas prices could keep the central bank from lowering interest rates — a move that Trump has been adamant on.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Not one Democrat has had their vice chairmanship stripped away.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Apr. 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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Moving the Department of Education under the governor’s control just gives even more power to the same Sacramento insiders who have turned our schools into some of the worst in the country.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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As Polis has discovered, firm Democratic control doesn’t translate into a unified vision for the state.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
8 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 15 May. 2026.
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