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 That data does depend on information provided by other jurisdictions, according to Idaho Transportation Department spokesperson Britt Rosenthal. — Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026 Six states – Idaho, Kansas, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Wyoming – are not explicit about drop boxes in statute and have some jurisdictions that use them. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 That new rule requires specific formatting for envelopes containing mail ballots — which may force some jurisdictions to completely revise theirs — and makes states use an electronic system to identify to the Postal Service who is voting by mail. — Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 Then someone should explain how the Department managed to get approval in China, Europe, Canada, and the other 60-plus jurisdictions. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 Investigators collaborated with other jurisdictions and were able to find the plate number through the use of license plate readers. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Then law enforcement officers can search that data using natural-language descriptions (for example car color or a bumper sticker) across thousands of jurisdictions simultaneously. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 Language added to the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act this past session required counties to reimburse 25% of state funds used for AOT services within their jurisdictions. — Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026 The states are asking for a permanent injunction ordering the company to end any practices found to violate the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act and pay damages and restitution to the jurisdictions that are suing. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jurisdictions
  1. governments
  2. rules
  3. administrations
  4. regimes
Noun
  • The executions, announced Sunday, triggered condemnations by rights groups in the North African country that is divided between rival administrations, each backed by a set of militias and foreign governments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The two governments declined to answer a detailed list of questions emailed by the Tribune.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of governments
Noun
  • Landlords and billing firms argue RUBS promotes conservation and recoups rising costs, even as studies, regulators and a recent legal settlement push for submetering and stronger transparency rules.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But the court’s unsigned emergency ruling injects new uncertainty about voting rules in Georgia a little more than two months before the midterms.
    — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of rules
Noun
  • In total, in the last 24 hours, the death toll in Ukraine has reached 25 people, with a further 132 injured throughout the country, according to reports from regional military administrations.
    — Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As of mid-July, that low-priority list included 1,573 projects, including many that officials told me would have been funded under prior administrations.
    — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of administrations
Noun
  • Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a war had broken out between Israel and the Socialist regimes of Egypt and Syria.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Plants tolerate the variable moisture regimes common to unirrigated clay soil, including both moist soil and periods of drought.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of regimes

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“Jurisdictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisdictions. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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