deanship

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Recent Examples of deanship 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deanship
Noun
  • Rebecca Morin The White House Correspondents Association, a nonprofit member organization of journalists who cover the presidency, hosts an annual dinner each year that brings together members of the press, lawmakers and celebrities.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Well over a year removed from his presidency, the Biden hangover lingers.
    Elaine Parker, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Warsh would take the chairmanship at a complicated time, given that a spike in gas prices could keep the central bank from lowering interest rates — a move that Trump has been adamant on.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Not one Democrat has had their vice chairmanship stripped away.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The fallout In the aftermath of the UFT’s formal notice, a letter campaign was launched that asked Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels not to appoint Lynch-Reyes to the permanent superintendency.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Massey teaches the superintendency course and the principalship course at the University of Minnesota.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, if the answer is no, then Republicans can say goodbye to their dreams of holding on to the governorship in November and should get used to the imposing reality of a Jolly administration.
    Thomas C. Shank, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • For the next 30 years, as Republicans predominated in the governorship, the parties reached a truce in which the Democratic advantage would be preserved but that the state Legislature would forswear the most egregious kinds of land grabs.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.
    Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Anti-dictatorship, but for kids Serkis scrubs the story of its violence, at least in any graphic manner.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In a nation that has long prided itself on a free and vibrant news media, rights watchdogs and lawmakers from across the political spectrum denounced the move as an attack on the press without precedent since the end of Argentina’s military dictatorship in 1983.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • So, the most damaging scandal of Starmer’s premiership rears its head again at a profoundly unstable time for the government.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • As Italians prepare to vote, the referendum stands as one of the defining moments of Meloni’s premiership — a choice that could reshape not only the justice system but also the trajectory of her government, regardless of the outcome.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There’s talk that this could be EMRO’s turn to hold the director-generalship.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Early military rule Japan set up a government in Korea with the governor-generalship filled by generals or admirals appointed by the Japanese emperor.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026

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“Deanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deanship. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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