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English word

govern

B2Frequent NGSL-3
UK /ˈɡʌvn/US /ˈɡʌvərn/
verb

to legally control a country or its people and be responsible for introducing new laws, organizing public services, etc.

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President Healey, Chair Capozzi, Provost Rice, Dean Rollag, members of the governing boards, parents, spouses, friends, and babies, and my fellow graduates, it is my extreme honor to speak to you today

Akio Toyoda at Babson's Centennial Commencement (2019)

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