presidentship

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Noun
  • The war engulfed what remained of Johnson’s presidency, and his vision for a Great Society never achieved the height of his ambition.
    Mark Conway, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2026
  • Not only were both men there, but so were almost all of the successors to the presidency.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Warsh would take the chairmanship at a complicated time, given that a spike in gas prices could keep the central bank from lowering interest rates — a move that Trump has been adamant on.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Not one Democrat has had their vice chairmanship stripped away.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In truth, the Hollywood stars elevated to the governorship, Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, have been the exception — spaced nearly four decades apart — and far from the norm.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • However, if the answer is no, then Republicans can say goodbye to their dreams of holding on to the governorship in November and should get used to the imposing reality of a Jolly administration.
    Thomas C. Shank, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The filmmaker explores how Inés’ coming of age mirrors the lingering wounds of Chile’s political transition to democracy from the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet – a theme at the heart of Martelli’s feature debut Chile ’76, which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
  • Many had argued that the banner, which largely meditates on the violence of the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia, contained antisemitic caricatures.
    Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.
    Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The fallout In the aftermath of the UFT’s formal notice, a letter campaign was launched that asked Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels not to appoint Lynch-Reyes to the permanent superintendency.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Massey teaches the superintendency course and the principalship course at the University of Minnesota.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Suggs is listed as the team’s point guard, but because of his tendency for turnovers and general lack of floor generalship, the coaches have deployed him more as a 3-and-D player.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • There’s talk that this could be EMRO’s turn to hold the director-generalship.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Presidentship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presidentship. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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