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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
  • Williams has been vocal about her objections to the guardianships, and her attempts to be removed from it.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of guardianships
Noun
  • But African governments should not mistake a ceasefire, or even the reopening of the strait, for a return to business as usual.
    — Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • European governments are accustomed to footing the bill and having a say in where rockets are built, a procurement model known as geographical return, or geo-return.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of governments
Noun
  • Congress has recognized the problem, with the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act introduced in 2026 including provisions that would cap certain athlete-agent fees at 5% and impose additional contract protections.
    — Chris Corr, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • CreativeFuture, the nonprofit advocating for creative copyright protections, was doing their own work, as were representatives from the TV Academy.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of protections
Noun
  • Where the power concentrates, in the White House, there is no desire to lay down stricter rules.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Here are four rules leaders should consider as reputation management enters this new era.
    — Evan Nierman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 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
  • The New Day had seven WWE Tag Team Championship reigns among them and held the World Tag Team Championship for 483 days at one point.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • God has created and knows only the spiritual universe, in which divine law reigns and rules, upholding all that is good and true.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of reigns
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