governing

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Maechler, herself a former governing board member at the Swiss National Bank, said it was vital for central banks to "be able to carry out their mandate with complete independence".

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

Anthropic’s rules governing account integrity for Claude are similar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

The dispute was never simply what “arrives in” means in the abstract but what Congress intended that phrase to accomplish within a statutory scheme governing inspection, admission, and asylum.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026

In his Thursday ruling, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the law governing TPS clearly prevents courts from reviewing government decisions.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Determinism seems fairly obvious in this case, but Laplace went further to assume that there were similar laws governing everything else, including human behavior.

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