trusteeships

noun

plural of trusteeship
as in auspices

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  1. guardianships
  2. governments
  3. protections
  4. rules
  5. leaderships
  6. reigns
Noun
  • What this means, in the short term, is that Silvia and Guojun’s twenty-plus kids will remain in foster care until they are placed into guardianships or adopted, probably by their foster families.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • The group dropped its opposition after the bill recognized a place for private guardianships, said Marilou Gervacio, director of social services/social justice.
    — Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Definition of guardianships
Noun
  • All that has significant implications for the companies that build data centers and the governments that want them to be built.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Electricity demand is rising, artificial intelligence has turned access to power into a strategic issue, and governments are once again treating nuclear energy as an essential part of national energy policy.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of governments
Noun
  • But in the days since Haitians suffered one of the biggest losses of immigration protections in recent memory, few customers have stopped by his Fort Lauderdale shop to purchase any of it.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Meta plans to strengthen these protections as the glasses become more capable.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of protections
Noun
  • Republicans in two red states couldn’t convince voters to change election rules to make their party stronger.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • However, borrowers who took out federal loans on or after July 1, 2026, face different repayment rules under the new federal student loan framework.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of rules
Noun
  • Similarly, leaders of the far-left and far-right parties will be excluded from government, perhaps unsurprisingly, as both parties’ leaderships, including Le Pen if her appeal is successful, are expected to stand against Macron’s would-be centrist successor.
    — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Definition of leaderships
Noun
  • Reigns’ famed 1,316-day reign ranks above only Hulk Hogan, Bob Backlund and Bruno Sammartino as one of the longest reigns of all time.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Today, the horseshoe unofficially reigns as the state sandwich, to those who know it.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of reigns
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