Thesaurus results for RULERSHIP

rulership

noun

Definition of rulership

as in leadership

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Recent Examples of rulership On top of being the moon’s sign of rulership, the essence of Cancer encourages us to prioritize nourishment, safety and emotional stability. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026 Despite absolute rulership always resting with the ayatollah, Iran has some functioning republican institutions, including presidential elections. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026 Over time, the push and pull between the Scottish nationals and English rulership finally caused the stone to break. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025 Authority and rulership collapsed, and the familiar structures of the Holy Roman Empire were overturned, exposing the fragility of the existing social and religious hierarchies. — Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Its mandate extends beyond enforcement to supporting American technological leadership and protecting domestic innovation.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
In the weeks ahead, the parties will hold internal leadership elections with party divisions potentially spilling out into the open.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of leadership

Noun

Along with Evers and legislative Republicans, he was involved in the push for a bipartisan bill to allow the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County to raise their sales tax rates and earn more revenue for their respective governments.

— Maayan Silver, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Roughly nine in 10 voters nationally say government corruption is a major factor in their vote, about the same as the cost of living, and about six in 10 voters think the president puts his own personal interests over the country.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of government

Noun

The competition offered a demanding test of the robot’s mobility, balance, and thermal management systems.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Pharmacy benefit management businesses work on the backend, negotiating directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription drugs.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of management

Noun

The allegations helped trigger multiple state and federal investigations into the district’s finances and governance.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026
Energetic regulation and enforcement may be for naught, though, given localization of education governance and the high degree of district autonomy demanded by residents.

— David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of governance

Noun

Those seats may not be decided for days, and would represent the potential 55th and 56th seats of a Democratic majority — the largest since the first two years of Barack Obama’s presidency.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
In the 1994 midterms, when Bill Clinton’s presidency was bludgeoned half to death by the Newt Gingrich revolution, The New Yorker’s Michael Kelly described the punch-drunk shock inside the White House.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of presidency

Noun

Ending the litigation now will forestall that process to detail the origins of the administration’s list — which is still being used by federal prosecutors in California to target individual voters for criminal prosecution.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Those in favor work for the administration or are connected to the president, who was pushing for the immediate construction.

— MATTHEW DALY, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of administration

Noun

Parks Project has donated more than $14,000 to Friends of Acadia, the nonprofit dedicated to preserving, protecting, and promoting stewardship of the park and its surrounding communities.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
That person will take over a building that has grown in profile over the past 40 years, thanks to Robinson’s stewardship.

— Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of stewardship

Noun

The surrounding gate offers tighter control over current flow, helping address the challenges of further transistor scaling.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Eisenberg was sworn in as assistant attorney general in charge of the department's National Security Division in June 2025 and oversaw cases involving espionage, terrorism, export control violations, cyber crimes and other matters.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

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