as in administrations
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
responsibility for the presidency of a major television network
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Recent Examples of presidencies
In 2028, Powell’s term will end, and the regional bank presidencies in New York, Richmond and San Francisco are expected to roll over.
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Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
Susan Page, the Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY, has covered 12 presidential campaigns and seven presidencies.
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
And the description of the first year of his second term takes up more space than the summaries for the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt combined.
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New York Times,
11 June 2026
Under that law, only information about finalists for presidencies is made public.
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Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
10 June 2026
Something Trump has done throughout both presidencies, by the way.
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Dan Zaksheske Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
Modern presidencies now carry the expectation of a post-presidential institution requiring years of fundraising and sustained philanthropic investment.
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Andre Dowell,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
Board Turmoil and Campus Drama Michigan State University might serve as the poster child for the Big Ten’s revolving door presidencies.
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Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
What comes next—and what’s at stake The consequences of this political instability extend beyond individual presidencies.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 May 2026
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
Susan Page, the Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY, has covered 12 presidential campaigns and seven presidencies.
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
And the description of the first year of his second term takes up more space than the summaries for the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt combined.
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New York Times,
11 June 2026
Under that law, only information about finalists for presidencies is made public.
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Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
10 June 2026
Something Trump has done throughout both presidencies, by the way.
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Dan Zaksheske Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
Modern presidencies now carry the expectation of a post-presidential institution requiring years of fundraising and sustained philanthropic investment.
—
Andre Dowell,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
Board Turmoil and Campus Drama Michigan State University might serve as the poster child for the Big Ten’s revolving door presidencies.
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Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
What comes next—and what’s at stake The consequences of this political instability extend beyond individual presidencies.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presidencies
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While there, Secretary Rubio pledged the administrations commitment to helping Venezuela recover from this week's deadly earthquakes.
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Bolton is a longtime national security expert and attorney who has served in various Republican presidential administrations, spanning Ronald Reagan to Trump.
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The last-place Angels appointed former Cardinals GM John Mozeliak to be their interim general manager and baseball operations consultant on Friday.
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For employers building out their presence in the space economy, this means continually competing for the select pool of workers who possess the skillsets needed to sustain current operations and long-term growth.
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This overreach and weaponization of the government manifested especially clearly in burdensome regulations and guidance; in extensive and onerous supervisions; in investigations and cases, frequently leading to crushing penalties and injunctive terms unrelated to actual harm.
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These are different eras, and the respective managements are no longer the same, but something about this feels off.
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Information about Spirit’s plans was equally scarce among managements of airports the airline serves.
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Export controls have blocked Huawei and China’s leading chipmakers from access to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools and leading-edge foundry capacity around which the frontier semiconductor roadmap is organized.
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Anthropic had objected to the government’s decision to impose export controls in a blog post announcing that the two systems had been disabled.
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This incident seems to have been the result of two coinciding oversights, rather than one grievous wrong.
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Small oversights made before leaving the dock are what most often lead to serious situations on the water.
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This speed is especially useful during swarm attacks, when many drones might come from different directions at once.
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Highway 9 was closed in both directions for about three hours as police recovered the vehicle and processed the scene.
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On Friday, the Israeli and Lebanese governments agreed a process by which the Lebanese military (LAF) would gradually take control of zones in southern Lebanon.
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The findings come as governments around the world, including the UK, have proposed social media bans of their own.
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“Presidencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presidencies. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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