- present tense form of govern (3rd person singular).
governs
Example Sentences
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The reserve bank presidents are central to that independence: they help set interest rates and their appointments are deliberately shielded from the political process that governs the rest of Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Under federal tax-exempt organization law, he said, the “private benefit doctrine” governs whether a nonprofit’s overall activities unduly benefit any single individual — including through indirect payments to entities they own.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Beyond computing, they provide a new experimental platform for investigating one of physics' biggest questions: where the boundary lies between the classical world we experience and the underlying quantum reality that governs it.
From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026
A spokesperson for the FA, which governs football in England, said it "won't comment further until we have assessed the evidence".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
It governs our bodies, how we interact with the world and universe.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
