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noun
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With less income redistribution, local governments in Malmö and elsewhere are being squeezed as central government funding has fallen, making it harder to deliver public services like education, said Malmö Mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
María de la Luz Sedeño cited the fact that the central government had disregarded staunch opposition to the cruise ship's arrival voiced by the president of the Canary Islands region, Fernando Clavijo.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Thesaurus
Possible Synonyms
- the executive
- the state
- national government
- federal government
- national administration
Possible Antonyms
Words in our thesaurus
other words
- local council
- grassroots governance
- provincial authority
- state government
- regional government
