premiership

noun

Definition of premiershipnext
as in presidency

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premiership
  1. presidency
  2. dictatorship
  3. kingship
  4. governorship
  5. generalship
  6. mastery
  7. superintendency
  8. dominance
Noun
  • The literalists among you will have noticed that while the presidency is carefully defined by the Constitution, and the legislature’s prerogatives and responsibilities are set out there with some precision, the administrative state goes unmentioned.
    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Shortly after Trump’s election, Ballard set up shop in Washington and quickly became a dominant player, pulling in more than $70 million in lobbying fees during Trump’s presidency, representing a who’s who of corporate America, lobbying disclosures show.
    Alan Suderman, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of presidency
Noun
  • Chinese officials fear that Russia’s influence over the insular dictatorship is growing at China’s expense.
    Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Unfolding against the backdrop of Argentina’s military dictatorship, Our Share of Night features a once-in-a-generation medium able to channel a dark force that warps his body and offers untold and dangerous power.
    Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of dictatorship
Noun
  • That’s the only boring nonsense about kingship is that you’re supposed to have an heir.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 15 June 2024
  • At its founding, Rome was a kingship, but when subsequent kings became tyrannical, the Roman people overthrew the monarchy and established a republic, which had a remarkable history and lasted almost 500 years.
    Vickie B. Sullivan, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Definition of kingship
Noun
  • Democrats are trying to take control of New Hampshire's governorship for the first time since 2017, pitting former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig against former GOP U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte.
    Mike Deehan, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Republicans are defending eight of those governorships — most in deep-red states — and just two races are expected to be competitive — North Carolina and New Hampshire.
    CNN, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of governorship
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  • 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 Five Deeper Frameworks provide tools for thoughtful, long-term mastery in strategic communication.
    Adrian Dearnell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Which is where Josephina shows her natural aptitude for the job, owning a standing target at the firing range and demonstrating a rapid-fire mastery of boots-on-the-ground directives in the noise-torture obstacle course or whatever.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of mastery
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
  • The dominance of automobiles and the infrastructure that supports them over many decades only seems inevitable in hindsight.
    Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • According to both Ives and Musk, that’s likely positive for Tesla, given its dominance in the market.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of dominance
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