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governmental

  • a word derived from government.
    government
    noun
    the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration.

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As things stand, the sport is pressing ahead with plans to go to those races after being given security reassurances from various governmental sources that it should be safe.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Both involve questions about what Americans eat, but investigating foodborne illness requires a rather different kind of governmental attention.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

“As before, we conclude ... the No Vigilantes Act attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions,” Judge Mark J. Bennett wrote for the panel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

When Puerto Rico’s debt crisis ballooned into the largest governmental default in U.S. history, Congress stepped in with an unprecedented solution.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2026

But it has never come under the domination of any outside institution or governmental agency, nor has it ever been told what to do by any outside group.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas