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
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  • The executions, announced Sunday, triggered condemnations by rights groups in the North African country that is divided between rival administrations, each backed by a set of militias and foreign governments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The two governments declined to answer a detailed list of questions emailed by the Tribune.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of governments
Noun
  • Still, some are trying — including Haitians whose deportation protections in the US have been revoked.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Airlines spent 13 years trying to weaken Europe's consumer protections.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of protections
Noun
  • Landlords and billing firms argue RUBS promotes conservation and recoups rising costs, even as studies, regulators and a recent legal settlement push for submetering and stronger transparency rules.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But the court’s unsigned emergency ruling injects new uncertainty about voting rules in Georgia a little more than two months before the midterms.
    — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 26 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
  • Today’s Recipe Among the pantheon of brunch classics, eggs Benedict reigns.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Aside from the Arsenal manager, only the reigns of Emery at Villa and Daniel Farke at Leeds have exceeded three years.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of reigns
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