governed

Example Sentences

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Going forward, it was hoped that Southern governments would truly rest on the consent of the governed, as the Declaration of Independence had promised.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

They are constructed products governed by rules, committees, methodologies, assumptions and increasingly competitive business pressures.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

"Fundamentally, we want to have a productive relationship with China. We want to live in a world which is governed by rules."

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The deepest danger is that we come to see ourselves as machines and therefore accept being governed as machines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Clearly whatever was going on down there in the world of the very small was not governed by the laws that applied in the macro world where our expectations reside.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson