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[guhv-ern] / ˈgʌv ərn /




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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

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

From Slate Sep. 15, 2026

"I call on states and companies to mobilise urgently through multilateral fora to chart a path for action to govern advanced, frontier Al models, grounded in international human rights law."

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

In such a scheme it is reasonable to suppose that we might progress ever closer toward the laws that govern our universe.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Officials in Yamanashi and neighbouring Shizuoka prefecture, which governs the southern part of Fuji, have seen a rise in off-season and unplanned climbs, some of which have left climbers stranded.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

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

“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

On the republic’s 250th birthday, that is worth celebrating: not the government that governs us, but the restless, inventive, association-forming energy of the American people themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

If there really is a complete unified theory that governs everything, it presumably also determines your actions.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Such potential conflicts are typically governed by federal ethics rules.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

Uganda is governed by an elected president and parliament, but it has several traditional kingdoms that continue to have significant cultural influence despite not having political power.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

A Supreme Court decision to force prediction markets to be governed by the same rules as sportsbooks would restrict 18- to 20-year-olds from betting on sports in most states.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 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

Without being told, I soon assimilated the elaborate rules that governed the relations between men and women.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

From next year, people who attempt to climb Mount Fuji during off-peak seasons and then require rescue by helicopter will have to pay for the service, authorities governing the northern part of the peak say.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

"The race here is very clear," Schwesig, 52, who hopes to keep governing with a leftist multi-party coalition, told AFP during a campaign stop in the Baltic Sea port of Rostock.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Two days later, Khrushchev appeared before the annual meeting of the Supreme Soviet, the USSR's governing body.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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