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governance

[guhv-er-nuhns] / ˈgʌv ər nəns /


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“What you have is basically a bunch of people who feel a bit under siege,” said Bob Olinksy, the senior vice president of Structural Reform and Governance at the Center for American Progress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

In prediction markets, the rules are considerably grayer, as the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance detailed last month.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

And this is where we get to the pointy headed end of this row: a debate about the meaning of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

The ban was not backed by a formal law, which made it weak and potentially unenforceable, said Farai Maguwu, director of the mining watchdog Centre for Natural Resource Governance.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

I had written so far when I received Mr. Gomme's very interesting volume on the Governance of London.

From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)




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