governorship
noun
gov·er·nor·ship
ˈgə-vᵊn-ər-ˌship 
also ˈgə-vər-nər-
1
: the office of governor
2
: the period of incumbency of a governor
Examples of governorship in a Sentence
a candidate for the governorship
The state has done well during her governorship.
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Rowland served two terms in the Connecticut State Legislature and three in the U.S. House of Representatives before winning the governorship in 1994.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
As New York state is also reliably Democratic in gubernatorial elections, whoever wins the Democratic primary is likely to secure the governorship.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Therefore the May revise, as it’s dubbed, is likely to contain even more expedient fixes that may postpone the day of fiscal reckoning until Newsom’s governorship ends two years hence but will continue to plague his successor and the Legislature.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
The stops included One57, a tower on Billionaires’ Row, intended to symbolize the city’s housing crisis, which worsened under Cuomo’s governorship, and the Fifty-ninth Street–Columbus Circle subway station, representing his neglect of mass transit.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
As New York state is also reliably Democratic in gubernatorial elections, whoever wins the Democratic primary is likely to secure the governorship.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Therefore the May revise, as it’s dubbed, is likely to contain even more expedient fixes that may postpone the day of fiscal reckoning until Newsom’s governorship ends two years hence but will continue to plague his successor and the Legislature.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
The stops included One57, a tower on Billionaires’ Row, intended to symbolize the city’s housing crisis, which worsened under Cuomo’s governorship, and the Fifty-ninth Street–Columbus Circle subway station, representing his neglect of mass transit.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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“Governorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/governorship. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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