as in administration
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
responsibility for the presidency of a major television network
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Recent Examples of presidency
During India's presidency of the G20 in 2023, that theme was central.
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Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Raymond Gaines, who was granted clemency in the final days of Joe Biden's presidency, has been charged in connection with smuggling paper laced with a synthetic cannabinoid into a federal prison in Devens, Mass., officials said.
—arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
During Roosevelt’s presidency, a Republican minority unsuccessfully resisted his proposals as beyond the federal government’s constitutional role.
—Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
The largest audience in recent history for a State of the Union or address to Congress is 66.9 million viewers for the first one of Bill Clinton’s presidency in 1993.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
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Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Raymond Gaines, who was granted clemency in the final days of Joe Biden's presidency, has been charged in connection with smuggling paper laced with a synthetic cannabinoid into a federal prison in Devens, Mass., officials said.
—arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
During Roosevelt’s presidency, a Republican minority unsuccessfully resisted his proposals as beyond the federal government’s constitutional role.
—Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
The largest audience in recent history for a State of the Union or address to Congress is 66.9 million viewers for the first one of Bill Clinton’s presidency in 1993.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presidency
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As part of the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to shrink the federal workforce, the General Services Administration eliminated its technology unit, CBS News learned Saturday.—
Rhona Tarrant,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Hochul’s proposals should be amended to directly remove the Trump administration’s ability to run New York City’s migrant policies.—
Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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After receiving a takeover bid from Couche-Tard last year, Seven & I’s founding family had begun talks to take the convenience store owner private in what would have been the largest management buyout in history if successful.—
Reuters,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Running Point, on the other hand, is just an exercise in brand management.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Spirit Airlines, the only U.S.-based carrier that connected Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien’s Hugo Chavez International Airport, also suspended all of its Haiti flight operations.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Although removed from day-to-day operations in London and somewhat out of the view of senior leaders, Frediani is a major presence on daily editorial calls.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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He’s been firing government workers left and right, cutting cost-inefficient programs that feed and bring water to a bunch of people in Africa that, really, nobody over here even knows, and in general doing the people’s bidding.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2025
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If Congress fails to act by Friday's deadline, a partial government shutdown will begin.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Francis, 88, has had double pneumonia for more than two weeks and remains under medical supervision as doctors work to stabilize his condition.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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But Ukraine, the OSCE, and Western partners viewed these elections as illegitimate and not in compliance with Minsk I, arguing that the troops were supposed to leave before elections took place, and that elections should occur under OSCE supervision.—
Tetiana Kyselova,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2025
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The government of French President Emmanuel Macron came under heavy fire for its handling of the cyclone – the strongest storm to hit the area in more than 90 years.—
Robert Shackelford and Edward Szekeres,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Some members declined to attend amid the president's handling of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Have persistent weeds identified to determine the best control.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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Fear pushes us to cling for control, driving an instinct to seek definitive answers with hopes for stability.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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In the United Kingdom, the People’s Pension, one of the country’s largest master trust pensions, recently began shifting assets away from U.S. asset manager State Street due to concerns about its stewardship of climate risk, Net Zero Investor reported.—
John Kostyack,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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She’s expected to prosecute the case against Trump’s stewardship of U.S. foreign policy in particular.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Presidency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presidency. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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