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governed

adjective as in controlled

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Throughout his career, Ramaphosa has shown himself, says Butler, “to be a genuine believer in rule-governed behavior.”

From Ozy

Democrats will message to their voters that they need a governing majority in Washington to improve health care, the climate, pass coronavirus relief and any other number of issues.

Republicans picked up the New Hampshire House and Senate, giving them total control over governing in that state because they also kept the governor’s mansion.

Vargas, a former Planned Parenthood executive and a Southwestern College governing board member, has grounded her vision for what the county should do in her experience in health care and social services.

As Joe often says, he is campaigning as a Democrat, but he will govern as President for all of America.

From Fortune

He campaigned and governed in poetry, and we are all the richer for it.

Living in a society openly governed by force with those who have demonstrated their familiarity with it increases the danger.

Our Western propaganda was in that sense entirely true: the East German régime was indeed hated by those it governed.

What the record really shows is just how much the fate of the Presidency is governed by the vagaries of chance.

Does government enhance or diminish the safety of the governed?

Because the universe is governed by laws, and there is no credible instance on record of those laws being suspended.

The minister's eye kept steady to one point; to raise the country he governed, to the utmost pinnacle of earthly grandeur.

Thus will my beloved country be governed, without detriment to the integrity of Spain.

If it is to be performed in another place, then the parties must be governed by the law of that place in performing it.

But to a man of Marmont's character one word of warning was enough; his head governed his heart; glory was his loadstar.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to governed, such as: administered, commanded, conducted, directed, driven, and guided.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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