governing

Example Sentences

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The principle of his proposal is to refocus governing energy on boosting productivity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Others are fairly typical: laws governing AI, competition, the economy, and talent acquisition and retention.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

There’s a “frequent imbalance between the speed of technological growth and the slower development of awareness, norms, safeguards and institutions capable of governing its effects,” the pope writes.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

The association identifies several reasons for the lackluster bookings, including botched planning by FIFA, the World Cup’s governing body.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Yet when this book went to press, storing blood and tissues for research did not legally require informed consent, because the law governing such things doesn’t generally apply to tissue research.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot