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Recent Examples of premiership
The Mandelson scandal may be the final straw that finishes Starmer’s premiership.
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Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Simmering discontent The Mandelson scandal may be the final straw that finishes Starmer’s premiership.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Allan’s resignation adds to the sense that the scandal surrounding the Mandelson appointment cannot be contained and could spell the end of Starmer’s premiership, just 19 months after Labour swept to power in a landslide election that gave it the largest majority in Parliament this century.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Advertisement However, Starmer’s premiership remains under scrutiny and some lawmakers are urging him to consider stepping down.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
Like most of the fiascos of Starmer’s premiership, the Mandelson error was unforced.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
As the most tumultuous week in his premiership ends, Starmer is facing calls from his political opponents, and some party allies, to step down from Britain's top job.
—Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Legault won the premiership in 2018 promising to protect the French language and narrow the wealth gap between Quebec and its larger provincial neighbor, Ontario.
—Mathieu Dion, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026
Takaichi won in the first round of votes on Tuesday, securing the premiership.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Simmering discontent The Mandelson scandal may be the final straw that finishes Starmer’s premiership.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Allan’s resignation adds to the sense that the scandal surrounding the Mandelson appointment cannot be contained and could spell the end of Starmer’s premiership, just 19 months after Labour swept to power in a landslide election that gave it the largest majority in Parliament this century.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Advertisement However, Starmer’s premiership remains under scrutiny and some lawmakers are urging him to consider stepping down.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
Like most of the fiascos of Starmer’s premiership, the Mandelson error was unforced.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
As the most tumultuous week in his premiership ends, Starmer is facing calls from his political opponents, and some party allies, to step down from Britain's top job.
—Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Legault won the premiership in 2018 promising to protect the French language and narrow the wealth gap between Quebec and its larger provincial neighbor, Ontario.
—Mathieu Dion, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026
Takaichi won in the first round of votes on Tuesday, securing the premiership.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premiership
Noun
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Your corrupt presidency of graft, vengeance and ceaseless vacillation between loudly complaining and loudly boasting has become like a jackhammer outside our collective window every day since your inauguration.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Polls suggest the far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) could capture the presidency for the first time.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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And perhaps most important, by empowering Congress, not the president, to remedy deficient state electoral schemes, the Constitution prevents presidents from rewriting the election code by executive fiat and thus provides an additional safeguard against military dictatorship.—
Jeffrey Rosen,
The Atlantic,
16 Feb. 2026
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In this country, unlike in dictatorships, people expect to be able to identify law enforcement officers by sight and by badge number.—
William Robiner,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This brings the note of tragic kingship.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Trump, by contrast, ordered the capture of a leader already under narcoterrorism indictment and framed it as a drug bust and accountability for crimes, yet his opponents denounce him as aspiring to kingship and dictatorship.—
Paul Vallas,
Twin Cities,
6 Jan. 2026
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And like any City Council committee chairmanship, the position comes with a budget to hire staff.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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To secure his committee vice-chairmanship, My opponent has sided too often with senate republicans.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Educating California’s nearly 6 million public school students is the state budget’s second largest expenditure, and one that has increased sharply during Gavin Newsom’s governorship.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Aguilar was charged with driving while impaired in Cabarrus County in 2020, during Cooper’s governorship, but failed to appear in court in 2022, according to court records.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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An additional $5 million will fund a deanship, $3 million will support a chair in biomedical engineering, and $5 million will establish a research fund for faculty fellowships, emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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UConn lured him out of the transfer portal from Georgia to solidify its court generalship, so vital to the kind of offense Dan Hurley likes to run.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
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At war, his brilliant generalship and loyal army enabled him to overcome the odds that threatened his victories.—
Paul Vanderbroeck,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Pupping, founder and director of the Encinitas Guitar Orchestra (now in its 23rd season), brings his eclectic mastery of classical, jazz, world music, rock, and pop, honed through studies with members of the legendary Los Romeros Guitar Quartet.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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And as many major employers integrate AI into every corner of their organizations, tech mastery has become a candidate prerequisite—not a plus.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Premiership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premiership. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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