Govern and Run

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Govern verb - To look after and make decisions about.

Usage example: the company's finances are governed by its chief financial officer

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Run is a synonym for govern in rule topic. In some cases you can use "Run" instead a verb "Govern", when it comes to topics like over.

Run verb - To look after and make decisions about.

Usage example: learning to run the family business

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Govern is a synonym for run in operate topic. You can use "Govern" instead a verb "Run", if it concerns topics such as over, be in charge of.

Nearby Word: running

life	govern life	run life
people	govern people	run people
race	govern race	run race
farm	govern farm	run farm
Other words: world, country, kingdom, empire, town, city, lives, games.

Conspiracy and propaganda run rampant through the world as Mundus attempts to secretly govern society through unending debt.

Source: Darker And Edgier / Video Games
Due to the sheer size of the interstellar empire most planets are left to govern themselves as long as they pay taxes to fund the noble-run Imperial Bureaucracy and military and obey the "no nukes, no interfering with interstellar trade" laws.

Source: The Federation

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Run and Govern. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/govern/run

Govern & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/govern/run>.

Run or Govern. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/govern/run.

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