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Recent Examples of premiership
Takaichi called the election just three months into her premiership with a promise to step down if the LDP fails to secure a majority; a rare and risky move in Japan’s typically cautious political culture.
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Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Starmer faces mounting pressure from Labor MPs over his judgment, with his premiership now in jeopardy amid broader government struggles and poor polling.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The Coordination Framework, a coalition of Shiite parties with close ties to Iran and which acts as the kingmaker for the premiership, reportedly could not choose between the two candidates and left it to them to decide.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Legault won the premiership in 2018 promising to protect the French language and narrow the wealth gap between Quebec and its larger provincial neighbor, Ontario.
—Mathieu Dion, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026
Her premiership could thus end up being short-lived — much like that of her predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, who was in office for a year.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025
What was her path to the premiership?
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
There will be five judging rings each day with judging throughout both days of kittens, cats in championship, premiership and the household pet class.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Starmer faces mounting pressure from Labor MPs over his judgment, with his premiership now in jeopardy amid broader government struggles and poor polling.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The Coordination Framework, a coalition of Shiite parties with close ties to Iran and which acts as the kingmaker for the premiership, reportedly could not choose between the two candidates and left it to them to decide.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Legault won the premiership in 2018 promising to protect the French language and narrow the wealth gap between Quebec and its larger provincial neighbor, Ontario.
—Mathieu Dion, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026
Her premiership could thus end up being short-lived — much like that of her predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, who was in office for a year.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025
What was her path to the premiership?
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
There will be five judging rings each day with judging throughout both days of kittens, cats in championship, premiership and the household pet class.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premiership
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Earlier in his tenure as coordinator of the rotating presidency, Voltaire dismissed Prime Minister Garry Conille and Foreign Minister Dominique Dupuy, moves that deepened political turmoil and eroded public confidence.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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In addition to a count of making threats against the president and successors to the presidency, Mathre is also charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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The royal government was also known as a dictatorship for banning political parties, suppressing revolts and political opposition, controlling the press and having its own secret police force called SAVAK.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Throughout, Hadi calls attention to the brutality that’s endemic in Iraqi daily life under a dictatorship.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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This brings the note of tragic kingship.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Trump, by contrast, ordered the capture of a leader already under narcoterrorism indictment and framed it as a drug bust and accountability for crimes, yet his opponents denounce him as aspiring to kingship and dictatorship.—
Paul Vallas,
Twin Cities,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Fed's latest meeting minutes set to release in the week ahead will be one of the final ones under Powell's chairmanship, which comes to an end in May.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, Warsh’s ability to use the chairmanship to command deference on the FOMC can only go so far.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Aguilar was charged with driving while impaired in Cabarrus County in 2020, during Cooper’s governorship, but failed to appear in court in 2022, according to court records.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The California governorship is not usually a role of international leadership, but Newsom has given it the appearance of one.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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An additional $5 million will fund a deanship, $3 million will support a chair in biomedical engineering, and $5 million will establish a research fund for faculty fellowships, emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Filmmaking is blind instinct, petty calculations, smooth generalship, daydreaming, pig-headedness, grace, bluff, risk.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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While his questionable generalship would be memorialized in a long poem by Alfred Tennyson, his other legacy is giving the world the sweater named after his title.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Ukrainian army continues to hold their defensive lines in the east of the country, and its mastery in drone warfare has forced the Russians to move away from the large-scale infantry assaults of previous years.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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His style of composition is rock and roll mastery.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Premiership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premiership. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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