Thesaurus results for PRESIDENCIES

presidencies

noun

plural of presidency

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 That's ahead of the midterms, which are typically low points for presidencies. — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 His reward in life was vast influence over one of the most consequential presidencies in generations. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026 Under Republican presidencies, the DSA thrives on frustrated Democratic voters feeling that their party’s leaders aren’t fighting hard enough. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Bessent and Hassett have also mused publicly about introducing a new requirement that candidates for regional Fed presidencies must have lived in that district for at least three years. — Jonnelle Marte, Fortune, 27 June 2026 The Reflecting Pool has been a mess to operate under several presidencies. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 26 June 2026 In 2028, Powell’s term will end, and the regional bank presidencies in New York, Richmond and San Francisco are expected to roll over. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 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. — New York Times, 11 June 2026 Under that law, only information about finalists for presidencies is made public. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2026

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Bolstering the domestic manufacturing sector has been a priority across administrations (Joe Biden signed the bipartisan chips law in 2022).

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Immigrants with no criminal convictions, who under previous administrations would have been released on bond or not detained in the first place, would now be held while their immigration cases were pending.

— Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of administrations

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Brian Duker was hired as defensive coordinator and will assist Glenn with game planning and day-to-day operations.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Overseeing citywide operations is the ordinary business of government, not Building Code enforcement.

— Fabiola Stuyvesant, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of operations

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Most managements feel that the — on the price of their shares — that the higher, the better.

— Alex Crippen, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
These are different eras, and the respective managements are no longer the same, but something about this feels off.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026

Definition of managements

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For households, parental controls allow restricting access to inappropriate and adult content.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026
Potential support could cover siting, licensing, fabrication, safety-basis development, project controls and deployment planning for NANO Nuclear’s KRONOS MMR Energy System and portable microreactor designs.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of controls

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Now known formally as the Contemporary Baseball Era and Classic Baseball Era committees but still loosely as the Veterans Committee, this group meant to correct oversights continues to let in marginal guys.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
If done well, and with a human in the loop, AI could help identify trends in incidents, equipment issues, training gaps, certifications, expiration dates, maintenance reminders and emergency preparedness plan oversights.

— John F. McQuillan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of oversights

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If people are working from different assumptions, stop and clarify the system before everyone charges off in opposite directions.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026
On an infinite graph — an abstraction where the graph extends forever in all directions — one or several infinite seas will dominate.

— Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of directions

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But African governments should not mistake a ceasefire, or even the reopening of the strait, for a return to business as usual.

— Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
European governments are accustomed to footing the bill and having a say in where rockets are built, a procurement model known as geographical return, or geo-return.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026

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