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as in official
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as in federal
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governmental
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Space fans and music lovers can watch an entire 15-minute livestream on the event's official website and on their YouTube or Instagram Channel regardless of your location, starting at 3:30 p.m. ET (1930 GMT) on Saturday (May 31).—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
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The ambassador, Nayef Al Sudairi visited the West Bank in September 2023 to present his credentials to Abbas in what was the highest-level official Saudi visit in decades at the time.—
Kareem Khadder,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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In one case filed by unions, a federal judge in Maryland determined that the Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) likely violated the Privacy Act by disclosing personal information to DOGE affiliates without people's consent.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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Three people were handcuffed and taken into custody by federal authorities Tuesday at Sacramento Immigration Court downtown, according to a volunteer attorney who witnessed the arrests.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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Instead of becoming digital cooperatives for the 21st century, DAOs largely devolved into digital homeowners’ association meetings complete with petty politics, bureaucratic inefficiency and governance theater.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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As long as it’s funneled through a bureaucratic pipe instead of the IRS, it’s supposed to feel different.—
Angelette C. Aviles,
Baltimore Sun,
24 May 2025
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Miami Herald 305-376-3619 Miami Herald consumer trends reporter Howard Cohen, a 2017 Media Excellence Awards winner, has covered pop music, theater, health and fitness, obituaries, municipal government, breaking news and general assignment.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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The county is the only municipal government for those communities that are not in cities.—
Jim Desmond,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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The deputies who killed Schulz, one of whom was still in training, are on administrative leave pending a preliminary investigation, Judd said.—
Bert Robinson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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There is no administrative independence, there are no limitations, there are no regulatory constraints in this government‘s view, only tools to be used as necessary.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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The scandal took place just months before the Oct 3-4 parliamentary election.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
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This lamentable record is spurring calls to amend the constitution from the current single five-year term to two terms, as well as perhaps holding parliamentary elections at the same time as presidential to avoid the executive and legislature being constantly at odds with each other.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The lone dissenter was Steve Hudson, a Fort Lauderdale civic and business leader, who according to the News Service of Florida, expressed concerns about non-residents obtaining hunt permits and for allowing people to hunt bears at feeding stations.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2025
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Listen to this article A new, $34 million incentive package from a coalition of Boulder’s biggest civic and cultural boosters will help sustain the Sundance Film Festival over the next 10 years, according to Visit Boulder, which led the effort to collect the additional funds.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
22 May 2025
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The approval process for the project is ministerial, meaning the applicant does not need to seek public input and that review by city staff does not need to include public hearings.—
Robert Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Decades in the making Nearly two decades have passed since the European Space Agency formally committed to funding the ExoMars mission at a ministerial meeting in December 2005.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Governmental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governmental. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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