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govern

[guhv-ern] / ˈgʌv ərn /




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They are not illegal to buy or own - and widely available online - but they are not approved for human use, so are not subject to the quality controls that govern pharmaceutical manufacturing.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The company’s AI Control Tower allows customers to map and govern their AI agents across different cloud and IT systems.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

How to govern the AI sector has become a key question, and "we need a community effort to manage this situation", he added.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

The new guidelines govern how studios should use generative AI and strongly favor “human performances.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Let him guarantee free political activity so that people may decide who will govern them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“What they have done is lower the standard for everything,” said Ali Khawar, a former senior official at the Department of Labor, which is charged with enforcing the federal law that governs retirement savings.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Consumer Watchdog contended in its lawsuit that the surcharges violated Proposition 103 — the 1988 measure that governs insurer rate hikes — because the proposition does not allow for them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 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

They are proving less useful now that he governs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

It governs our bodies, how we interact with the world and universe.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

That was disputed by Arkady Dvorkovich, who told the BBC in written answers, that "accusations about 'Russian influence' are false and contradicted by how Fide is governed."

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Divorce is governed largely by the prenup and divorce law in your state.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

The only major straits where a toll is still collected are the "Turkish Straits" of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, which are governed by earlier agreements, signed in Montreux in 1936.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Meanwhile, her eating became more disordered, governed by strict rules.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

In a time when kings and emperors ruled much of the world, the Dutch Republic was governed, more than any other nation, by the people.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Even the chassis has been changed, with a significant amount of weight being taken out of it, needing a full re-homologation process from governing body the FIA.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The United States has agreements governing nuclear cooperation with more than 50 countries.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Earlier this year Parliament voted through the Sentencing Act 2026 to radically reform the rules governing the sentencing and management of prisoners.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Billions of dollars in revenue that FIFA—the world governing body of soccer—is estimating it topped during its 2023-26 cycle, following its highly successful World Cup in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

There was deep disagreement between those who thought class was the governing force in American life and those who deemed it pretty much irrelevant.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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