1
as in helm
usually reins plural
the place of leadership or command
after the president resigned, the vice president stepped in and took the reins of the company
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2
as in restriction
the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries
the oversight committee called on the state to keep a much tighter rein on the activities of its contractors
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as in power
usually reins plural
the right or means to command or control others
a peaceful transfer of the reins of government has always been a hallmark of our nation
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as in to restrain
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Recent Examples of rein
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Finding every moment of that character and really being able to have the reins to take control of it and play with it is my favorite part of the whole thing.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Rafsanjani and Khamenei became wary of the Guards’ increasing power in the late 1980s and sought to rein them in.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Like Robertson and Senesi, Van Hecke is a player Tottenham admired long before Roberto De Zerbi took the reins on March 31.
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Elias Burke,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Finding every moment of that character and really being able to have the reins to take control of it and play with it is my favorite part of the whole thing.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
Verb
May is the most reserved of the four coaches, but lets his players get emotional on the court without trying to rein them in, trusting them to play under control.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Rafsanjani and Khamenei became wary of the Guards’ increasing power in the late 1980s and sought to rein them in.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for rein
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rein
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After her grandfather signed the Giving Pledge in 2010, Lorenz took the helm of the foundation the following year.
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On Wednesday night, Alan Cumming was at the helm as DJ as NBCUniversal hosted a late-night bash to celebrate its late-night franchises.
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Last week, the UK government banned social media for under-16s starting next year, modeling its restrictions on those set by the Australian government in December.
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Some of the restrictions were partially or fully reversed after public backlash and court challenges.
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.
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He was raised in Tiberias and Eilat, outside Israel’s traditional centers of power and influence.
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From June of 2004 to July of 2006, as the subprime bubble was inflating, the Fed raised the interest rate 17 times consecutively – a textbook policy of monetary tightening, unprecedented at the time, which should have restrained credit creation.
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Authorities said Veit restrained the girl before placing her inside the dryer.
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People gathered on the National Mall in the shadow of the Washington Monument, sitting on blankets and plastic chairs in the balmy summer weather.
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Houston has relented, however, following the council’s ouster of Commissioner Omar Farmer, an outspoken police critic, and a cooling-off of tensions between Houston and Commissioner Ricardo Garcia-Acosta, the current chair of the watchdog body.
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The evidence suggests helping people with physical and cognitive limitations stay home costs states less than the alternative, which is nursing home care.
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The only limitation to implementing produce market pop-ups or deliveries in Baltimore is funding.
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The violence has worsened under the military government that had promised to curb it, analysts say.
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Apple’s move contributed to a selloff in global tech stocks this week, stoking concern that rising component costs will curb demand for devices and eventually slow the memory chip rally that has powered much of the AI trade.
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Micron's quarterly results reinforced expectations that the market for artificial intelligence memory chips remains supply-constrained, a positive signal for fellow memory-chip maker SK Hynix, analysts said.
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As a result, cloud architectures once considered modern are now the operational bottleneck, constraining performance and slowing model training.
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“Rein.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rein. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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