Governing
Governing adjective - Responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws.
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Synonyms for Governing
Normal and governing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Normal" instead an adjective "Governing".
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- It turns out that by refusing, Superman actually won a wish from the demon (the rules governing demons demanded it) and Superman uses it to return everything to normal.
Source: Deal With The Devil / Comics - While every college's application requirements are different, there are governing bodies at work that make sure a university's entry standards are at least theoretically reachable through normal schoolwork.
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Digital telephones have a clause in their governing standards that mandates the use of "comfort noise", a soft hissing generated in the receiving end, in order to fake the atmospheric noise from normal land lines.
Source: The Coconut Effect
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