- present participle of govern.
governing
Example Sentences
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Riders are risking their lives in races where organisers battle huge costs, and cycling's world governing body the UCI "cannot keep traffic off the roads", according to former rider and team boss Jonathan Vaughters.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The rapid advance of open-weight models, which make public a set of numerical values governing their behavior, is certainly a concern for closed-model developers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
In their coalition agreement for governing the city, the Social Democrats and liberals pledged to expand public toilet provision and examine whether public toilets could be made free for everyone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
His portfolio, taken together, suggests a particular interest in the invisible forces governing everyday life: particulates, sundown, industrial produce conglomerates.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Grouped termites keep touching each other incessantly with their antennae, and this appears to be the central governing mechanism.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
