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as in official
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as in federal
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governmental
Adjective
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Additionally, department employees may not, when acting in their official capacities, speak at, attend, or otherwise participate in events hosted by the ABA.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025 -
Over 1,300 federal employees impacted by the Department of Education's March 11 reduction in force received their official separation notices Thursday, according to copies reviewed by ABC News.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This is part of the administration's broader strategy to ensure universities comply with federal law regarding protections for Jewish students.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Courts have repeatedly ruled that immigration enforcement is a function of the federal government.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Blockchain also removes geographic and bureaucratic barriers to banking.—
Raymond Qu,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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So if the party was going to succeed, this class had to be destroyed and replaced with a new bureaucratic caste of Communist officials.—
Ian Johnson,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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If so, municipal bonds are an attractive income play.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Colorado recycles less than 3.6% of municipal wastewater, while Wyoming recycles less than 3.3%, and Utah recycles less than 1%, the report found.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, the leader of another HHS agency that works on domestic violence, the Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services, was placed on administrative leave.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2025
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The agency announced the shuttering on February 24, with staff members put on administrative leave.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In October 2024, a parliamentary commission was created to investigate violence committed in the film, theater, fashion and advertising industries.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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The original bill, which ran out of parliamentary time last summer, kept parachute payments out of the regulator’s remit.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Conservatives typically treasure civic institutions as a storehouse of ancestral wisdom; those on the left have championed universal rights, individual freedoms and the vox populi.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Momentum grows around literacy in Fort Worth Friday’s announcement comes amid growing calls from Tarrant County’s civic and business leaders for schools in the Fort Worth area to improve their reading scores.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This joint ministerial decision was designed to lend legitimacy to the process established under the EU-Turkey deal, but was mired in logistical and legal challenges.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Their efforts were undermined by regular flux at ministerial level, with the UK having had four prime ministers in as many years.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Governmental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governmental. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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