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Recent Examples of rulership
By linking the snake symbol (related to water) with the monument, the Maya are directly aligning political rulership with the element of water.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 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
In Virgo, Mercury’s sign of rulership, the messenger planet thrives on facts, precision and practicality.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Venus is currently in its house of rulership — your second house of money, security and sensual pleasures — while Saturn-Neptune retrograde presents you with a solid plan of action in your professional life.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 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
In Virgo, Mercury’s sign of rulership, the messenger planet thrives on facts, precision and practicality.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Venus is currently in its house of rulership — your second house of money, security and sensual pleasures — while Saturn-Neptune retrograde presents you with a solid plan of action in your professional life.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rulership
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China has been building the world’s largest navy, launching high-tech warships at a frenetic pace under the leadership of Xi Jinping, putting pressure on the United States and its Pacific allies to keep pace.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Sherman Phoenix board of directors has committed to strengthening leadership and accountability.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Following her passing, flags will be flown at half-mast for 30 days at government offices, state enterprises, and educational institutions, and government officials have been asked to wear mourning attire for a year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
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The territory remained under Portuguese rule, apart from a brief Japanese occupation during the Second World War, until 1975, when a left-wing Portuguese government pledged to withdraw from all its colonies.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Bangladesh’s government has plans to hand over the management of multiple hubs, including Chattogram’s largest terminal, New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT), to foreign operators by December.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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In Uttar Pradesh, a development initiative provided community health workers with a smartphone app that combined diagnostic and treatment instructions with a client-management program.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The failures of that occupation were many, relating to security, governance, the economy, and provision of basic municipal services.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Her campaign emphasized steady governance over ideological purity.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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That original €600million budget was scrapped in 2021, when Laporta returned to the presidency, with the project barely up and running, never mind close to a finish as intended.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Strange things were afoot during Biden's presidency.—
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FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Trump’s aims, in other words, were commercial and appeared to forsake many of his first administration’s highest priorities.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Though viewed as a largely symbolic vote given its low chance of passage, the resolution’s bipartisan support belies a growing and broadening dissatisfaction with the administration’s trade regime.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Oct. 2025
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With the symptoms of climate crisis increasingly felt by people and businesses, including those within the art world, the Fondation Beyeler is making a statement by putting ecological stewardship on par with artistic curation.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Buss family's association with the Lakers dates back to Jerry Buss's purchase of the team in 1979, a stewardship that transformed the franchise into one of the biggest brands in professional sports across the globe.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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On the table before the two leaders, who met at Busan’s Gimhae Air Base, were a range of thorny issues including tariffs, China’s sweeping export controls on rare earths, US restrictions on Chinese access to American high-tech, and China’s role in the illicit fentanyl trade.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Narrative has a seemingly relentless, ungovernable momentum, but humans retain a control over war stories that does not extend to war itself.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Rulership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rulership. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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