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government

[guhv-ern-muhnt, -er-muhnt] / ˈgʌv ərn mənt, -ər mənt /


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In the 3rd District, businessman Tim Gaspar and longtime local government employee Barri Worth Girvan are vying to replace Bob Blumenfield, who is termed out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The Welsh government said improving cancer care was a "top priority", with a 10-year strategy focused on better prevention, diagnosis and treatment aimed at improving services and outcomes for patients of all ages.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Japan is rolling out tax cuts, despite increasing yields and an enormous government debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

In all, there are eight ballot measures before L.A. voters that could have a significant impact on how the city government functions, and which take just a simple majority to pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

In the months that followed the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, when other reactors around Japan went offline for maintenance, the government withheld approval for them to reactivate.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

He was speaking at the Global Biodiversity Alliance Conference, where Indigenous communities, governments, the private sector, researchers and financial institutions discuss international conservation efforts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Tenney, of the Putnam County Development Authority, was one of local officials who spoke out against earlier versions of the law that allocated nothing to local governments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Europe's governments, for the most part, have been careful to distinguish between looters and rioters on the one hand, and loud but peaceful, legally organised demonstrations on the other.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Juan's work has exposed corruption scandals and shown how local governments have often failed to tackle the region's main problems: impunity and inequality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

During the next four centuries its realm steadily expanded until it ruled directly over much of central Mexico and indirectly, through puppet governments, as far south as Guatemala.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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