govern
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Figuring out how to govern A.I. must focus on the latter.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
With votes still being counted, it was unclear whether the anti-immigration party would be able to win an absolute majority to govern.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
However, party leaders will not know if they have enough seats to govern until they see which of the smaller parties get into the state parliament.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“And then by the same token, there are going to be a whole new set of skills that enterprises will need to govern AI.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The core belief of anarchism is that government is oppressive and that people will be free only when they can govern themselves directly.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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There is no standard definition that governs how funds report liquidity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Concacaf, which governs football in North and Central America and hosted this year's World Cup, said its 41 member associations have "rejected" Fifa's proposal.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon -- whose National Party governs in a coalition with NZ First -- has condemned Peter's "inappropriate attention-seeking" comments.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“What they have done is lower the standard for everything,” said Ali Khawar, a former senior official at the Department of Labor, which is charged with enforcing the federal law that governs retirement savings.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Even today, artists and architects intuitively know that objects that have this ratio of length to width are the most aesthetically pleasing, and the ratio governs the proportions of many works of art and architecture.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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"So the international community needs to understand the power we are bringing into the world, and that must be managed, must be governed through institutions, treaties, and democratic safeguards."
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Such potential conflicts are typically governed by federal ethics rules.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
A Supreme Court decision to force prediction markets to be governed by the same rules as sportsbooks would restrict 18- to 20-year-olds from betting on sports in most states.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Onward transfers can be governed by agreements with clear end-use restrictions and penalties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The second stage, attraction, is governed by dopamine and serotonin.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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New rules governing travel to and from China have come into effect, a move that observers say will further tighten the government's control over its citizens.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Rodriguez, who is governing under Washington's watchful eye since the January ouster of Nicolas Maduro, has submitted power industry reforms to lawmakers, but they have not yet been approved.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Right now, planning and building a single interregional transmission line can take as long as 18 years, in part because existing laws governing the process create arbitrary obstacles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
As nonprofit governing bodies, they reinvest heavily in the sport and their facilities, reducing the amount potentially available to players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Such bureaucracies were essential not only to governing large and populous domains but also to maintaining standing armies, sending out fleets of exploration, and organizing wars of conquest.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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