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also régime
as in government
lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)
the regime of the dictator collapsed with surprising abruptness
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Recent Examples of regime
Meanwhile, shipments hidden in commercial freighters continue to reach Europe, though payments from those transactions take months to arrive, straining regime liquidity.
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
That’s been replaced by a regime that is in theory voluntary but fickle.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
This is the second major programming decision by the new Paramount regime on a Showtime series.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
How much hip-hop iconography would be considered anti-American under this new regime of revisionist history?
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
That’s been replaced by a regime that is in theory voluntary but fickle.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
This is the second major programming decision by the new Paramount regime on a Showtime series.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
How much hip-hop iconography would be considered anti-American under this new regime of revisionist history?
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regime
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In the Gulf, governments and the private sector are creating new companies and financial instruments that open opportunities for investors in both debt and equity markets.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The threat to withhold back pay has angered federal employees, according to Axios which first reported on the memo, and prompted criticisms from both Republican and Democrat lawmakers who insist the government is legally obligated to compensate furloughed workers.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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Disarming Hamas and the future governance of Gaza The agreement has raised questions about Gaza’s post-war administration, which could involve an international body including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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These groups and their supporters now have access to the top levers of government, either through official roles in the agency or through the administration’s adoption of their views.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Schools must follow state mandates on instructional hours, but states typically don’t set strict rules on how long a lunch period should be, so some principals whittle it down to twenty or twenty-five minutes.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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According to the rules laid down by Nobel in his 1895 will, the prizes can only honor up to three people per award — a growing challenge given the collaborative nature of much scientific research.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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And in what could be even better news—for everyone other than Matthews, anyway—his reign atop the earnings ranking is likely to be brief.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Her approach stood in sharp contrast to that of Lagerfeld, whose image became arguably more ubiquitous than Chanel’s interlocking double-C logo across his 36-year reign.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Will Hamas abdicate any role in the future governance of Palestinians?—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
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However, poor governance and limited regulatory oversight proved disastrous for Bankman-Fried and his backers when his fraudulent activities were exposed.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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Still, access to the regimen remains sharply limited in many states.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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Just as in 2023, the real verdict on Snapdragon’s X2 laptop ambitions will come only when X2 Elite and Elite Extreme silicon arrives in retail devices, running on varied OEM designs and tested under our own, and others’, independent benchmarking regimens.—
Wendy Sheehan Donnell,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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If the Supreme Court officially makes the chief executive a unitary executive, the advancement of the public good may depend on little more than the whims of the president, a state of affairs normally more characteristic of dictatorship than democracy.—
Graham G. Dodds,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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The exec emphasized his excitement about being in the country a few months after Salles’ history-making drama about Brazil’s military dictatorship, a film that also scored nominations for best picture and actress for Fernanda Torres.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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The new Constitution’s supporters, known as Federalists, faced fierce opposition from Anti-Federalists who charged that a powerful national government, unrestrained by a bill of rights, would inevitably lead to tyranny.—
Donald Nieman,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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Males that tried to rule by asserting their dominance through violence, tyranny and threat did not last.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Regime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regime. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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