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"As sensitivity improves, the boundary between theory and measurement continues to move, opening new possibilities for discovering the fundamental principles that govern our universe."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

In August, hundreds showed up to defend California’s authority to govern its own coast at a Santa Monica hearing of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, and 18,000 more people filed comments online.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Russell and his peers have proposed that AI companies should have to meet the same standards that govern other areas of everyday life, from air travel and buildings to food and drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Figuring out how to govern A.I. must focus on the latter.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

To solve the problem, scientists set out to banish zero yet once more and unify the rules that govern the cosmos.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

The treaty governs the use of water from six rivers, whose headwaters originate in India but flow into Pakistan as part of the Indus basin -- a resource relied on by hundreds of millions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

There is no standard definition that governs how funds report liquidity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Concacaf, which governs football in North and Central America and hosted this year's World Cup, said its 41 member associations have "rejected" Fifa's proposal.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“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

For example: Here’s an explanation of the rhetorical term syllepsis: “the use of a word that relates to, qualifies, or governs two or more other words but has a different meaning in relation to each.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Such potential conflicts are typically governed by federal ethics rules.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

The 32-year-old was one of the closest advisers of Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first left-wing president, who governed from 2022 to August this year.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The rules determining the big-ticket items in corporate governance—from fiduciary duties to shareholder litigation and executive compensation—are largely governed by the laws of the state where a company is incorporated, not where its employees sit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The 57-year-old, known as JOH, governed from 2014 to 2022 and had been accused of embezzling $2 million in public funds to finance his 2013 presidential campaign.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

In this region, cod was the species that governed the overall composition of the ecosystem.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Earlier this week, Israel's football governing body accused Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimmson of "ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity" regarding comments he made about facing Israel.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The current rules giving athletes the right to earn money from their name, image and likeness aren’t the same as giving them power over the institutions governing their careers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

An international team of astronomers co-led by an IAS scholar has identified what appears to be a universal rule governing one of the most dramatic behaviors of black holes: the production of powerful jets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

These cases also raise difficult questions about the intended parents’ rights to make decisions concerning their biological child before birth—and about whether a contract governing those decisions should be enforceable.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

In disposition, she was Pollard’s antithesis, governing her life with rigid reserve as he scattered his passions.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand