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Recent Examples of governor
This spring, the president appointed a council of Cabinet members, governors and emergency management experts, tasked with recommending changes to FEMA.
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Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 9 July 2025
Most board members are appointed by the governor and serve seven-year terms.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
The state previously granted the honor to 19 men, including a vice president, a U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senators, governors and a Civil War veteran, according to the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
—John Hanna, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Newsom's allegations stem from Fox News host Jesse Watters' coverage of the battle between the governor and President Donald Trump when the Trump administration sent the California National Guard to Los Angeles earlier this month.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 June 2025
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Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 9 July 2025
Most board members are appointed by the governor and serve seven-year terms.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
The state previously granted the honor to 19 men, including a vice president, a U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senators, governors and a Civil War veteran, according to the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
—John Hanna, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Newsom's allegations stem from Fox News host Jesse Watters' coverage of the battle between the governor and President Donald Trump when the Trump administration sent the California National Guard to Los Angeles earlier this month.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governor
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Climate United Fund and other nonprofits in March sued the Environmental Protection Agency, its administrator Lee Zeldin and Citibank, which held the program’s money.—
Michael Phillis,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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The closure of Jackson South’s labor and delivery unit is the latest in South Florida and comes at a time when many hospitals across the country have closed their maternity wards, with administrators often citing costs and staffing issues.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2025
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Inside organizations, executives are struggling to create and adapt AI policies as fast as the technology is being developed.—
Susan LaMotte,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Chris Hatcher, Jamie Childs, Louise Sutton, and Sharon Hall executive produce as well.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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That is starting to change, with US Space Force commanders now openly discussing their own ambitions for offensive and defensive counter-space weapons.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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Vern Jumper, the courageous Navy commander who helped more than 3,000 Americans and South Vietnamese refugees flee Saigon during the final hours of the Vietnam War, died at home in La Mesa on July 4.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Jones previously held the position of men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton, as well as Dior and Fendi.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
13 July 2025
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Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Department of Emergency Management, helped facilitate the tour and told lawmakers that those with yellow wristbands, the lowest level, had committed noncriminal offenses such as traffic violations.—
Kairi Lowery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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That’s because already, about 76% of employers are using some kind of skills test in assessing job candidates when hiring, according to a recent report from TestGorilla.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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The Observer suggests Raynor Winn embezzled tens of thousands from her former employer Martin Hemmings' family-run business.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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If the generals wanted something slightly different, Luckey’s team could simply rewrite the code.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The former general had previously ruled the West African country for about 18 months in the early 1980s as a military leader but lost three elections before defeating Goodluck Jonathan.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
14 July 2025
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Newcomers from India include 53-year-old Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, 57-year-old Microsoft chief Satya Nadella and 57-year-old Nikesh Arora, who has run cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks since 2018.—
Matt Durot,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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In a crucial leadership change last September, Starbucks appointed Molly Liu, former chief of Starbucks China's digital division, to head its business in the country.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
9 July 2025
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But a longstanding argument against any updates to the sculpture, said Dan Wenk, the former superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, is that the piece of art is already finished, visually and rhetorically.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Adam Friday resigned as acting superintendent for the sanitation department, effective June 3, two weeks after the incident with Street Commissioner Brandon Downey, town records show.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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“Governor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governor. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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