governed
Example Sentences
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The facilities would be governed by the new 2026 detention standards and include terms that mirror those from the Northwest facility’s contract, that stricter state or local laws “shall not apply.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
In the 1980s, he teamed up with the Association for the Conservation of Energy, a body governed by directors and CEOs.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
By connecting non-inertial quantum effects with measurable particle behavior, the work opens a new direction for studying matter governed by the strong interaction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
That said, there’s also a fair question concerning whether Britain can be governed at all in any conventional sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
She told him how every White- front was an individual—not governed by laws or leaders, except when they came about spontaneously.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
