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govern

[guhv-ern] / ˈgʌv ərn /




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“If you want to be the mayor and you can’t get along with people who are your colleagues on council,” Bass said recently, “I don’t know how you’re supposed to govern at all.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

The company is also developing systems for customers to manage, discover, and govern AI agents for security purposes.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Security practitioners must govern autonomous agents acting on behalf of enterprises.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The four fundamental forces – gravity, electromagnetism, the weak force and the strong force – govern how these particles interact.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

“You believe that human beings are not fit to govern themselves, and therefore—” He started and almost cried out.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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