regime

noun

rā-ˈzhēm How to pronounce regime (audio)
variants also régime
Definition of regimenext
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 Israel’s far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has argued that destroying Iran’s economy offers the most effective route towards overthrowing the regime. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 The defendants arrived at dawn, just before the morning prayer call, the time when the regime's laws mandate execution sentences be carried out. — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 Across the 450-year window his team analyzed, eastern equatorial Africa was already sliding from a warmer, wetter regime into a cooler, drier one, tracking a natural cooling trend recorded in Greenland ice. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026 In 1960, Pilar, a librarian, has lost her husband to the Castro regime, and is entrusted with the book that Eva wrote many decades earlier. — The Know, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for regime
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  1. government
  2. rule
  3. administration
  4. governance
Noun
  • Etzel said the executive order is also intended to put pressure on states that establish vaccine requirements for schools, while potentially setting up additional legal challenges over the federal government’s authority to influence vaccine policy.
    — Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Three days later, a former lawmaker was arrested after a shooting at a government office that killed one person and injured another.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of government
Noun
  • Critics dismissed the polls, held in phases in December and January, as a sham designed to consolidate the military’s grip on power while ostensibly restoring civilian rule.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For the first time, after decades of brutal Assad rule – by both Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad before him - the model of impunity in Syria has been broken, even if the penalty is unlikely to ever be carried out.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of rule
Noun
  • Fazio said his administration would look closely into key positions that necessitate work be performed in-office and on-site, such as social workers responsible for monitoring child abuse cases.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Republican allies in Congress are busy trying to pass legislation that will formally repeal the CTA, thus preventing any future administration from restarting the database.
    — Casey Michel, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of administration
Noun
  • Ultimately, strong governance, focused on an organization's enduring purpose, is the true competitive advantage, ensuring companies thrive for generations.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • China has a tradition of paternalistic government regulations meant to pre-empt potential problems, said Yolanda Ma, an expert on AI governance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of governance

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