governance

noun

gov·er·nance ˈgə-vər-nən(t)s

plural governances

: the act or process of governing or overseeing the control and direction of something (such as a country or an organization) : government

a centralized system of governance

the challenges of national governance

… the governance of amateur sport in America …—

P. S. Wood

… three years before he died, [Lionel] Trilling pressed the point that the way a nation thinks determines in the end the quality of its governance.—

Benjamin DeMott

Enron, and the corporate disasters that followed, forced many companies to get serious about governance.—

Louis Lavelle

Theirs was the perennial problem of quick-witted subjects under the governance of dull-witted administrators.—

Declan Kiberd

Michael Dukakis, at the 1988 Democratic convention, said governance was about competence, not ideology. He got it half right: Competence is important to governance, but ideology is critical …—

U.S. News & World Report

Examples of governance in a Sentence

They have very different approaches to the governance of the city. after World War II, the four Allied nations shared the governance of the territory of postwar Germany under the Allied Control Council

Recent Examples on the Web

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Family offices must integrate expertise across finance, law, governance, philanthropy, and investment to ensure cohesive management of assets and family dynamics. —

Francois Botha, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 Earlier this year, the International Olympic Committee said that in order for the sport to be staged in L.A., a new international boxing body needs to emerge that will serve as a suitable alternative to the IBA, the traditional outfit whose governance and integrity the IOC has long questioned. —

Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 24 Dec. 2024 Federal and state regulators use them to get a more nuanced look at the financial management and governance of an organization, including information about financial controls and compliance with government grant programs. —

Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2024 In contrast, today’s algorithmic governance operates under the radar, infiltrating the psyche. —

Kate Crawford, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for governance