governorship

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Recent Examples of governorship The son of former Gov. Steve Beshear won the Kentucky governorship in 2019 and, in his first term, kept a low profile nationally. David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025 Not surprisingly, therefore, both crises have worsened during Newsom’s governorship. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025 Primary battles are already underway in key Senate and gubernatorial races ahead of the 2026 midterms, an election that will determine not only control of Congress but also the governorships in several states. Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 Feb. 2025 If Kamala Harris decides to run, Spillane thinks that would only enhance the GOP’s chances of seizing the governorship. Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for governorship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governorship
Noun
  • Leveraging a robust background in HR leadership, Josh previously directed transformative talent practices at Red Ventures as vice president of people operations, leading talent management, HR business partner, talent acquisition, and M&A integration during his tenure.
    Josh Tarr, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
  • The portions of the budget that deal with public-land management, oil and gas and mineral development, and logging will go to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • And Trump’s panic brought on higher prices during Biden’s presidency that had nothing to do with inflation.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • To be fair, Washington’s neglect of Latin America and China’s rise in the region began about two decades ago, long before Trump’s first presidency.
    Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • But that this most ruthless edition of Chelsea’s six successive years of WSL superiority has come under the supervision of a new head coach, Sonia Bompastor, following the end of the 12-year Emma Hayes era, is perhaps most impressive of all.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • The festival’s talent lab, now to be known as the BRAVO Film Lab, which mentors young Brazilian filmmakers, remains under the supervision of Talize Sayegh.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 May 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The papacy essentially is a kingship, DeBernardo said.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • According to the agencies, the GRU hackers also carried out reconnaissance of the network of at least one producer of industrial control system components for railway systems—suggesting a possible intention to attempt sabotage—but didn’t actually succeed in breaching the company.
    Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 24 May 2025
  • By pinpointing high-privilege users and monitoring data-sharing behaviors, Reco assists CISOs in implementing stricter access controls.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Panahi’s presence in Cannes appears to be a signal to the outside world that Iran is, at least cosmetically, changing its course amid escalating tensions following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022 while she was held in custody for allegedly wearing a loose hijab.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 May 2025
  • Harris County inmate records reviewed by PEOPLE show Eberly remains in custody on a $2 million bond on the murder charge.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 20 May 2025

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