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governance
[ guhv-er-nuhns ]
governance
/ ˈɡʌvənəns /
noun
- government, control, or authority
- the action, manner, or system of governing
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Other Words From
- non·govern·ance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of governance1
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Example Sentences
The attendees, who included John Adams and George Washington, set about forming a plan of governance for the new nation.
Good governance would mean sticks and coal for too many of our favorite politicians.
While not all 86 million maintain positions of governance or public service, the Party's machinery runs on watchmaker precision.
But while the obstacles to evidence-based governance are formidable, they are not insurmountable.
Therefore, reforming this trade is part of a comprehensive strategy, including regional governance reforms, to help end the war.
To him was committed the creation of the world; and the governance of it for 10,000 years, of which 4000 still remain to run.
So have I seen this grand law asserting the governance of its God in those Alpine crags on which the stars seem to pause.
The end of the seventeenth century put in the place of city governance the tyranny of a hundred petty Princes.
With right good will, said Arthur; for Sir Galahalt, the haut prince, shall have you in governance.
Luckily for him, his reason still had some governance over his action.
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