Synonyms of jurisdictions

jurisdictions

noun

plural of jurisdiction

as in governments

lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)

the United States has no jurisdiction over Cuba

Synonyms & Similar Words

• governments
• rules
• administrations
• governances
• regimes
• authorities
• regimens
• dictatorships
• powers
• reigns
• sovereignties
• tyrannies
• leaderships
• regulations
• dominions
• oppressions
• dominations
• managements
• autocracies
• supremacies
• directions
• hegemonies
• commands
• sways
• supervisions
• subjugations
• superintendences
• masteries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jurisdictions

The department remains committed to co-operating with all jurisdictions pursuing potential crimes. — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

Flock’s business is still growing, but the backlash has led more than 50 jurisdictions to cut ties with the firm this year. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026

Almost more than the Golden State, the onetime home of The Walking Dead and every Marvel movie has been hit hard by big-budget productions moving to overseas jurisdictions with even more lucrative incentives than the uncapped Peach State. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

Like public jurisdictions, Hadder sees data gathering as the first step in fighting back against the rats. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026

However, the program relies on dramatically reducing property tax payouts to county taxing jurisdictions in order to account for that extra 2023-2024 revenue — which has, in many cases, long been spent by the school districts that received it. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

These include data centers, remote communities, Alaska Native organizations, island jurisdictions and other energy-intensive users. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

This federal legislation would help bolster and support those efforts, including helping states get the data to understand its prevalence in their jurisdictions and then take action to address it. — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026

And this year about a hundred jurisdictions across the country have either paused or canceled their contracts with Flock. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026