federal government

collocation in English

meaningsoffederalandgovernment

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federal
adjective
uk
/ˈfed.ər.əl/
us
/ˈfed.ɚ.əl/
relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries such as ...
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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/
us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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(Definition offederalandgovernmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Though thefederalgovernmentis not obligated to fund primary education, with democratisation thefederalgovernmentsimply could not resist.
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Provincial authorities easily overturnedfederalgovernmentdecisions.
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Thefederalgovernmentagreed to continue paying grants-in-aid.
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This included the national-level associations and thefederalgovernment.
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If necessary,federalgovernmentenforcement would be enlisted.
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The other was bureaucratic conflict within thefederalgovernment.
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Thefederalgovernment, in response, expressed some willingness to intervene.
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This series contains the gross debt of thefederalgovernment.
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The goal was simple: to scale back the scope of thefederalgovernmentfundamentally.
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In 1945, thefederalgovernmentwas empowered to regulate maternity insurance as well as family allowances.
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At the same time, thefederalgovernmentis unlikely to abandon its role in policy-making.
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The question quickly becomes not whether but how thefederalgovernmentshould regulate this domain.
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Because the risks remain undefined and unmeasured, should thefederalgovernmentpostpone action?
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Thefederalgovernmentwould accept only the existing state of affairs.
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It appears that thefederalgovernmentwas trying to ride two horses at the same time.
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Why was this agency, the largest and most expensive regulatory agency in thefederalgovernment, created?
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Both are relevant to our political times, when thefederalgovernmentmicromanages literacy education in schools.
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Some doctors wouldn't sign a recommendation on this because they were afraid of thefederalgovernment.
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They attacked the movement and pressed thefederalgovernmentto remove its leaders.
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For the discursive significance of drawing thefederalgovernmentinto these conflicts was crucial.
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Through such programs,federalgovernmentsupport for farm families became increasingly generous.
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The proponents of compensation often propose that thefederalgovernmentpay out the compensation.
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He succeeded because thefederalgovernmentwanted to believe in his capacity for control.
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