The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Japan's constitution renounces offensive military force, and successive governments have maintained a decades-old pledge not to possess nuclear weapons, produce them or permit their introduction into the country.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
The three governments didn’t say what, if any, practical steps they would take if any of them were to be attacked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Dave Buck, senior fellow for public health at the King's Fund, called this rise "clearly worrying" and says governments have "talked the talk, but not sufficiently walked the walk" in addressing obesity rates.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I’m surprised to see the fear that governments and society have regarding migration today. It’s one of the best things that can happen to a culture,” Eimbcke says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Oppression occurred, he saw, when governments and most people simply ignored the poor or, worse, abused them.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
