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also régimes
as in governments
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 regimes
Contemporary leaders and still-in-progress totalitarian regimes bump up against Ralph Steadman’s caricature sketches for an edition of Animal Farm, Orwell’s second most famous book, and clips from three different screen adaptations of 1984, his most famous work.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Many employers already subject potential hires to elaborate interview and testing regimes, sometimes requiring them to perform tasks or problem-solve while recruiters watch.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Like many people who fled to the United States from authoritarian regimes, Fernandez says the United States appears to be at a tipping point, with Trump centralizing power to silence dissent and punish people he's declared as enemies, while bullying private businesses to fall in line.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
The international treaties and regimes that govern nuclear issues, particularly the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), are badly frayed.
—Mariano-Florentino CuÉllar, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2025
For two decades, the regimes of Hugo Chávez and Maduro have tied the state to illicit economies —granting officers, loyalists, and gangs access to oil, smuggling routes and drug profits.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Shipping finished fuel thousands of miles can mean crude sourced from regimes with higher emissions and weaker oversight than California.
—Michael Mische, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
There’s hostile regimes around the world; there’s the threat to the First Amendment; there’s the conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Ahead of the busy holiday shopping season, Brzytwa suggested that many companies may be prepared to maintain prices, based on front-loading of inventory by firms in anticipation of more complicated tariff regimes coming.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Many employers already subject potential hires to elaborate interview and testing regimes, sometimes requiring them to perform tasks or problem-solve while recruiters watch.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Like many people who fled to the United States from authoritarian regimes, Fernandez says the United States appears to be at a tipping point, with Trump centralizing power to silence dissent and punish people he's declared as enemies, while bullying private businesses to fall in line.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
The international treaties and regimes that govern nuclear issues, particularly the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), are badly frayed.
—Mariano-Florentino CuÉllar, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2025
For two decades, the regimes of Hugo Chávez and Maduro have tied the state to illicit economies —granting officers, loyalists, and gangs access to oil, smuggling routes and drug profits.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Shipping finished fuel thousands of miles can mean crude sourced from regimes with higher emissions and weaker oversight than California.
—Michael Mische, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
There’s hostile regimes around the world; there’s the threat to the First Amendment; there’s the conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Ahead of the busy holiday shopping season, Brzytwa suggested that many companies may be prepared to maintain prices, based on front-loading of inventory by firms in anticipation of more complicated tariff regimes coming.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regimes
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Dining establishments like sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and grocery stores are required to get food inspections, and governments have to release those inspections to the public.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 2025
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Since then, communication between the two governments has been limited to issues such as humanitarian aid, migration and security.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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Only one case has resulted in federal charges for imitating an officer – another break from the past four administrations, when roughly half of the ICE-imposter cases were charged under federal statutes.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Trump is threatening to go further than past administrations, though, raising the stakes and the partisan posture of federal agencies, said Elaine Kamarck, founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management at The Brookings Institution.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
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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Eastern-style methods, including tongue and pulse diagnoses, along with the more Western-nodding body composition analysis, nutritional advice and detox regimens like the three-day program designed by tennis legend Novak Djokovic, enable guests to tailor their ideal wellness retreat.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Under the new rules, young graduates — in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics or STEM — no longer need backing from a local employer and can enjoy more flexibility in terms for entry frequency and duration of stay.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The decree also requires operators of international shipping trading platforms to submit information to Chinese transport authorities, including name, place of registration, contact information, platform service agreement and shipping transaction rules.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In other words, Steve is a lot to play, and the Oscar-winner throws himself into every forlorn expression, every kindly mentoring session, every manic bit of rushing to and fro as chaos reigns around him, every stumbling step toward self-medicating into oblivion.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tranquility reigns here, inviting you to truly relax and find peace.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
27 Sep. 2025
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The nonprofit, which works directly with local jurisdictions across the Los Angeles region on film permitting and more, has appointed Denise Gutches as its new chief executive officer, it was announced Wednesday.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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This competition may not be available in all jurisdictions.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Regimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regimes. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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