headships

noun

plural of headship
1
as in stewardships
the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control while he was in the hospital, the CEO had his most trusted lieutenant assume temporary headship of the firm

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2
as in helms
the place of leadership or command the person at the headship of the firm will face daunting challenges, given the current state of the economy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headships
  1. oversights
  2. helms
  3. controls
  4. heads
  5. charges
  6. reins
  7. regulations
  8. chairs
Noun
  • Now known formally as the Contemporary Baseball Era and Classic Baseball Era committees but still loosely as the Veterans Committee, this group meant to correct oversights continues to let in marginal guys.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
  • If done well, and with a human in the loop, AI could help identify trends in incidents, equipment issues, training gaps, certifications, expiration dates, maintenance reminders and emergency preparedness plan oversights.
    — John F. McQuillan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of oversights
Noun
  • DeMicco helms Margie Claus from a script by Ben Falcone and Damon Jones.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The young chef helms Maximo, a modern Mexican restaurant focused on heirloom corn and masa in the West University Place area of Houston.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Definition of helms
Noun
  • For operators, the goal is to expand autonomous inspection coverage while maintaining the same access controls and audit procedures used for human workers.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • This not only improves energy efficiency but also creates additional work to build smart controls, battery systems, microgrids, and distributed energy infrastructure.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of controls
Noun
  • The heads of the three leading artificial intelligence labs called for slowing down how fast AI models improve, and chipmakers took the hit.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Other East African countries – Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, and Tanzania – sent heads of delegation to represent their heads of state at the ceremony.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of heads
Noun
  • Widespread outrage The lawsuit – and along with the lack of criminal charges and accusations of inadequate discipline – has drawn a wave of outrage.
    — Hanna Park, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
  • While Cornell conducted an internal investigation, no criminal charges were brought against the accused at the time.
    — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of charges
Noun
  • Motorola invented the mobile phone, but by the time Brown was handed the reins, its cellphone business had been outpaced by Nokia and Samsung.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Feltrin, who will complete his term in October, is expected to hand over the reins to Elia Vismara, who has been chairman of his family’s glass firm Vismaravetro since 2025.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of reins
Noun
  • The legislation would establish a federal framework for NIL payments, cap the amount universities can give directly to athletes, create rules for transfers, and establish other regulations governing college sports.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Centers instead would abide by their state's early learning regulations, which are often more lenient.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of regulations
Noun
  • Its kitchen could barely fit two people, and there was only one table with a few chairs.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Large sections of chairs in the hall were empty as delegations filed out in protest of Iranian aggression.
    — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of chairs
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“Headships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headships. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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