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governance

the way an organization, state, or system is directed and controlled

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Six example sentences with governance, each labelled with its topic.

  • Investors praised the firm's governance after it split the chairman and chief executive roles and added three independent directors.

    Business

  • The guild's governance changed after the raid dispute, with loot decisions now put to a vote instead of one officer's whim.

    Gaming

  • Weak governance of the fishery let quotas go unenforced for a decade, and the cod stock collapsed before anyone acted.

    Environment

  • The province's governance improved once council meetings were streamed online and every vote was posted the same day.

    Politics

  • Investors asked about governance before the funding round, wanting a board that could overrule the founder if needed.

    Startups

  • The open-source project's governance is written down: a steering committee of seven decides what ships in each release.

    Technology

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