captainship

noun

Definition of captainshipnext
as in chairmanship

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  1. presidency
  2. superintendency
  3. generalship
  4. governorship
  5. kingship
  6. dictatorship
  7. mastery
  8. dominance
Noun
  • Following Trump winning the presidency last month, a post-election YouGov poll showed that a majority (73 percent) of Americans want deportation prioritization.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Other big stories ➤ Donald Trump's promises of a border crackdown and mass deportations won him the presidency.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of presidency
Noun
  • As the superintendency reports, continued archaeological investigations will hopefully reveal more about the tomb and the surrounding necropolis, which may illuminate the social history of the ancient Neapolitan community that used it.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024
  • The superintendency for the largest suburban school district in southwest Ohio became vacant in January 2023, after former superintendent Matt Miller said a board member bullied him out of his position.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024
Definition of superintendency
Noun
  • In the event, stronger morale, superior generalship, and Russia’s overconfidence (and consequent expectation of a rapid victory) proved of outsize importance.
    Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Ultimately, no one commander can make the difference between winning and losing for Ukraine, O’Brien said, and the issues that Kyiv faces right now — with manpower and weaponry running low — are not ones that can be solved by exceptional generalship.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
Definition of generalship
Noun
  • The party holds both Senate seats, the governorship, and supermajorities in the state House of Representatives and the state Senate.
    Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Unless both parties commit to electing more women to Congress and governorships, progress toward gender parity in political representation will remain slow and uneven.
    Meredith Conroy, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of governorship
Noun
  • Each period touches on three themes: society, kingship, and beliefs.
    Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Dec. 2024
  • That’s the only boring nonsense about kingship is that you’re supposed to have an heir.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 15 June 2024
Definition of kingship
Noun
  • Older generations lived under the violent military dictatorships of the nineteen-sixties, seventies, and eighties, and young people are aware of this legacy.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Of 5,000 people held at the school during the dictatorship, fewer than 250 survived.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • On the flip side, if Woody Johnson was grading at home, Tannenbaum would have received an A+ for his mastery of Corporate Mumbo Jumbo.
    Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Ross’s mastery of the form extends beyond live events — he’s also hosted the Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle series for Comedy Central and pushed the boundaries of the genre with projects like Historical Roasts on Netflix.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of mastery
Noun
  • The mentalist's late night dominance extended to the next generation of talk shows, guesting on several episodes of shows hosted by David Letterman, Howard Stern, and Jimmy Fallon.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Chinese market share dominance ranges from a low of 70% for cathodes up to 85% for anodes.
    Steve Banker, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of dominance
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