The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The state is responsible for about 10% of conserved land, with nonprofits, local governments, tribes and other entities making up the rest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Instead, both governments issued separate accounts of the meeting - perhaps a sign that despite the White House tours and promise of warmer ties, Washington and Beijing remain wary of each other.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Local governments had at least 111 active moratoriums or bans on battery-storage sites as of August, up from 76 in January, according to battery-storage development company Carina Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
As the climatologist Jeffrey Shaman writes in the Times, El Niño offers governments a chance to prepare, whether by funding firefighters or creating warning systems for residents during heat waves.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
We work at this all our lives, and collectively we give it life, but we do not exert the least control over language, not as individuals or committees or academies or governments.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
