governor

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Recent Examples of governor In addition to the Washington, D.C., and Boulder attacks, a 38-year-old man was arrested in April and charged with firebombing the Pennsylvania governor's residence in Harrisburg, while Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, and his family were asleep inside, officials said. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 June 2025 Around 60% of state employees already worked in person and did so throughout the pandemic, according to the governor’s office. Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 3 June 2025 In a stroke of good fortune, Thrasher became House speaker the year Jeb Bush was elected governor in 1998. Steve Bousquet, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025 Despite the state's decades-long blue streak, Hochul's approval has struggled and fueled Republicans' hopes of flipping the governor mansion next year. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for governor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governor
Noun
  • The initial feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, reducing delays, lowering operational costs, and significantly improving job satisfaction among both clinicians and administrators.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Undercover journalists caught an administrator at UNC bragging about pushing DEI despite it being banned.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Forbes Human Resources Council is an invitation-only organization for HR executives across all industries.
    Niki Jorgensen, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Analysts attributed Nissan's troubles to factors including an aging line-up, a lack of hybrid models in the U.S. and excessive focus on increasing output under former top executive Carlos Ghosn whose near two-decade year tenure ended in 2018.
    Daniel Leussink, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Mikkelsen will take the role of mission commander and Philips the role of pilot.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
  • The homes of the elite commanders and their families are pristine and conservative.
    Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Ralph Fiennes’s concierge is the director’s natural surrogate, the behind-the-scenes guy who tends to every detail of the hotel’s operation while going to extraordinary lengths to please the guests, even if that means bedding octogenarians.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025
  • For a spa-like feel, Sue Kim, director of color marketing at Valspar, suggests the shade Fragile Blue.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • An online resume under Suliman’s name says he was employed by a Denver-area healthcare company working in accounting and inventory control, with prior employers listed as companies in Egypt.
    Colleen Slevin, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
  • My background is working for large employers, and most aren’t hiring.
    Robin Ryan, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Child star Jackie Cooper Jr. (Navy), actors Charles During (Army), Lee Marvin (Marines), Audie Murphy (Army), Maureen O'Hara (whose husband was an Air Force general), and Arctic explorer Robert Byrd (Navy) are also in Arlington.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 May 2025
  • Would a woman officer feel comfortable approaching a male general with an out-of-the-box suggestion in today’s anti-woke culture?
    John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Channel 4’s content chief Ian Katz admitted to his team at the end of April that his own future was uncertain.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 June 2025
  • Gary Oldman plays the acerbic Jackson Lamb, the odoriferous chief of Slough House where MI5 agents who just can’t cut it – or who are being punished for one reason or another – are sent.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district announced that Wilson was hired to be the next principal at Boswell High School after the current principal, Vaughn Flagler, was hired as assistant superintendent for human resources in the Anna school district.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
  • While working as the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office’s assistant deputy superintendent of jail operations, Brady ordered two sheriff’s office maintenance workers to do a variety of jobs at his home, prosecutors said.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025

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“Governor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governor. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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