governing

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World Aquatics then became the first governing body to ban anyone involved with the Enhanced Games from its events.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The method divides space and time into an extremely fine grid, or lattice, allowing scientists to numerically solve the equations governing particle interactions.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

They’ve painted the mayor as divisive, and a governing lightweight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

If you already thought the stock market’s booming reactions to this geopolitically chaotic economic moment were irrational—well, it’s about to get much more surreal, because the rules governing the trade are about to change dramatically.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

She felt, as most parents do at one time or another, that she was losing control, that the bridle put in her hands for the governing of Cathy was slipping through her fingers.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck