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governed
Tandem and triple flights are available, too, but are governed by weight limits.
From the sacbee.com
Rather, it's an unincorporated area governed by the county Board of Supervisors.
From the latimes.com
It's unclear, though, that the well-governed county is in need of such upheaval.
From the washingtonpost.com
Both are governed by strict traditions that set clear bounds for any innovation.
From the courier-journal.com
He had his own ideas about how Iraq should be governed and who should govern it.
From the time.com
An Egypt governed by the Muslim Brotherhood is unlikely to remain Israel's ally.
From the latitude.blogs.nytimes.com
Mr Sarrazin says that the Sparkassen are governed by regional, not federal, law.
From the economist.com
A humiliated French pretender governed a rump kingdom from Bourges in the south.
From the economist.com
There should be no check on the will of the governed expressed through Congress.
From the economist.com
- Regulate: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
- Direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"
- Exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"
- Require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"
- (governing) government: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
- (governing) responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"
- A government is the organization, or agency through which a political unit exercises its authority, controls and administers public policy, and directs and controls the actions of its members or subjects.
- To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in; To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain; To exercise a deciding or determining influence on; To control the speed, flow etc. ...
- (governed) by rules that can be investigated and used to predict/explain their behavior.
