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

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Recent Examples of jurisdictions The state did not provide funding for local jurisdictions to implement the new rule, creating what officials have described as an unfunded mandate. — Madison Smalstig july 29, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026 The reserve sits in both Canada and the United States, and the overlapping jurisdictions can make smuggling easier, Maheu said. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Yet as the last two years have shown, litigation will lead to conflicting results in different jurisdictions for similar cases. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 July 2026 Federal monitors, which are set to go to Boston and New Bedford, are also being sent to jurisdictions in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Virginia to oversee primary elections. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 27 July 2026 That’s because parts of the flooding area fall under the jurisdictions of Kansas City, Jackson County and the state transportation department — and each says the others are responsible for addressing the mess. — Zuri Primos july 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Regulatory initiatives across multiple jurisdictions are focusing on reserve management, compliance requirements and operational oversight. — Ifigenia Georgiou, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 In 2018, Baltimore opted out of a global settlement that other jurisdictions made with opioid makers and distributors and instead sued them independently. — Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026 The European Commission’s approval of the merger brings the number of jurisdictions that have approved the deal or not challenged it to 65, according to Paramount. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jurisdictions
  1. governments
  2. rules
  3. administrations
  4. regimes
Noun
  • And despite consistent outcry, area governments haven’t fixed it.
    — Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
  • In any case, the state and federal governments should lower the bar, at least a little bit, for any neighborhood to qualify for protection from sound pollution.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of governments
Noun
  • What to know about privacy Hospitals and doctors’ offices must follow codes of ethics and rules that protect sensitive patient health information and protect privacy, but AI is not bound by the same strict federal rules.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • This might feel like a pretty significant milestone for you, one whose arrival is made possible because the rules temporarily changed, because the goalposts shifted, or because the obstacles in your way finally eased up.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of rules
Noun
  • However, such threats from previous administrations have been targeted and rare.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • While the use of subpoena power against journalists has always been highly controversial, officials in past administrations sometimes justified it by arguing it was used as a last resort, after other investigative avenues were exhausted.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Definition of administrations
Noun
  • As the previous temporary measures neared their expiry deadlines, that put pressure on the White House to establish more permanent tariff regimes, Jacob explained.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • Supply will be constrained not only by geography and capital availability, but also by geopolitics, permitting regimes and industrial policy.
    — Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of regimes

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“Jurisdictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisdictions. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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