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 race is a potential success story for Proposition 50, which redrew political jurisdictions such as the 3rd Congressional District in favor of left-leaning candidates. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Firms in some jurisdictions can access capital to modernize and expand, while competitors elsewhere are denied the same opportunity. — Will Hausberg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026 The Senate homeland security committee has one of the broadest investigative jurisdictions in Congress, with instances of waste, fraud, abuse, corruption, and mismanagement across the federal government all falling within the panel’s purview. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026 The ballot initiatives about data centers At least 38 jurisdictions voted on the sprawling facilities needed to power AI, and Tuesday revealed how many voters dislike them. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026 In court filings, the two plaintiffs further alleged that the land bordering the Bankhead Highway fell within Aledo’s and Fort Worth’s extraterritorial jurisdictions, or ETJs, so Willow Park had no right to claim it. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026 Some jurisdictions now mandate the use of Adalat AI technology for recording witness testimony. — Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Horvath previously noted that just six of the 21 jurisdictions in California that have instituted binding arbitration, including two counties, have had to resort to it. — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 Regulators in other jurisdictions have at times come down hard on Citation, which owns wells in 11 other states. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jurisdictions
  1. governments
  2. rules
  3. administrations
  4. regimes
Noun
  • As property values rise, governments can collect more revenue even without changing the rate.
    — Chuck Bonfiglio, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
  • However, the threat is serious enough that governments and technology companies are already preparing alternatives.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of governments
Noun
  • Jaylen Brown has an 18th-century harp sitting in his living room, and that harp rules.
    — Rembert Browne, Architectural Digest, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Even Disneyland has changed the rules around who can use the fast lanes, and that’s had really weird implications.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of rules
Noun
  • Institutionalizing those limits would help prevent future administrations from using civil-rights enforcement to impose political orthodoxy.
    — Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • But the war powers resolution has largely been ignored by presidents of both parties, with administrations sidestepping its requirements.
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of administrations
Noun
  • But questions remain over the severity of the conditions to which ADOR subjected NewJeans—a battery of brutal training regimes and unusually strict personal terms that are laid out in a new report from The New York Times.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Because online retailers usually sell across state lines and often internationally, a single try-on feature can be governed by several privacy regimes at once.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of regimes

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“Jurisdictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisdictions. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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