Thesaurus results for RULERSHIP

rulership

noun

Definition of rulership

as in leadership

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Recent Examples of rulership On top of being the moon’s sign of rulership, the essence of Cancer encourages us to prioritize nourishment, safety and emotional stability. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026 Despite absolute rulership always resting with the ayatollah, Iran has some functioning republican institutions, including presidential elections. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026 Over time, the push and pull between the Scottish nationals and English rulership finally caused the stone to break. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025 Authority and rulership collapsed, and the familiar structures of the Holy Roman Empire were overturned, exposing the fragility of the existing social and religious hierarchies. — Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025

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Noun

The heritage leadership that’s been here throughout these changes are good at that adaptability piece.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Navy officials initially said leadership had not observed an increase in suicidal ideations or attempts aboard the ship.

— Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of leadership

Noun

The technology that investors and governments are counting on to lift the global economy is also adding pressure that threatens growth, the head of the International Monetary Fund said, urging policymakers to stop delaying painful choices on debt.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
The government that came soon after brought it all to a screeching, heavily consequential halt.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of government

Noun

While some financial advisors have asset minimums, others may charge one-time, hourly or monthly fees rather than a percentage for assets under management.

— Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
That’s because bank stocks are particularly difficult to forecast, given that their performance depends heavily on macro factors rather than information that management might have about the company.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of management

Noun

Better lineage improves simulation quality, which produces better model behavior, which generates better outcomes and richer feedback, strengthening governance by exposing the gaps previous cycles missed.

— Richard Clough, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
With the throne disengaged from governance, petitions and reports from officials piled up unread, crucial state posts went unfilled, and the imperial bureaucracy splintered amid poisonous factional infighting.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of governance

Noun

But like many figures in Silicon Valley, his politics appeared to drift to the right during Biden’s presidency.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Soon after taking over the presidency, Bolsonaro cut the budgets for the National Cinema Agency (ANCINE) and the Audiovisual Sector Fund (FSA) by nearly 43%.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of presidency

Noun

The court’s decision comes just weeks after the administration erected the first border wall panels in the Big Bend sector in the middle of September.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
An administration official told ABC News that’s because the federal government didn’t collect the user fees in those states.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of administration

Noun

During the 2024-2025 cotton growing season, BCI Program partners led water stewardship training sessions, reaching around 690,000 farmers and 175,000 workers, which includes 65,000 women farmers and 77,000 women workers.

— Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
In Ghana, for instance, the ten shrines of the Asante Traditional Buildings are endangered as traditional stewardship by master craftspeople declines.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of stewardship

Noun

Heading into the midterm elections, AI now ranks as a key issue in races that will help decide control of both chambers of Congress.

— Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Precise attitude control keeps those instruments pointed at their targets as the satellites race around Earth.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

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