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preside (over)

verb

pri-ˈzīd

Definition of preside (over)

as in to rule

to exercise authority or power over from 1923 to 1948 Palestine was presided over by Great Britain under a mandate granted by the League of Nations

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as in to operate

to look after and make decisions about he presides over a vast communications empire

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With Indian money now ruling cricket, the Big Bash risked being left behind.

— Matt Slater, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Construction on the new White House ballroom and demolition of the East Wing have faced significant legal challenges, though the Supreme Court recently ruled in a 5-4 decision that construction can continue.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of rule

Verb

The project is aimed at making hypersonic flight testing faster and more repeatable, addressing one of the major bottlenecks in the development of weapons and other systems designed to operate at speeds above Mach 5.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Hundreds more cameras could be left operating and unaffected throughout the four-county region.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of operate

Verb

In 2025, World Tennis, the sport’s world governing body, changed the rules, allowing it essentially everywhere.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
But the administration has also been working to water down historic-preservation rules governing federal projects just as the arch has become subject to that process.

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of govern

Verb

No side allowed their opponents more shots across the first two Premier League rounds of the season (44) than Newcastle, and Bournemouth managed another 17 on Saturday, 13 of them during the first half.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The Rockies, who managed just a walk through the first four innings, finished with 11 hits.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of manage

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The following year, he was sentenced to 188 months, nearly 16 years, in prison, with five years supervised release.

— Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
In her current role, Second Assistant District Attorney, Sprague supervises all homicides that occur in Plymouth County as well as all firearm and narcotics cases, according to her profile.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of supervise

Verb

Baker’s been a visible presence on Capitol Hill since taking the reins at the NCAA in 2023, overseeing a sprawling network of sports from football and basketball to wrestling and volleyball.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Kavanaugh oversees emergency requests from Missouri and acted on his own without referring the matter to the full court.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of oversee

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Western Michigan won the rushing battle and dominated time of possession, controlling the ball for more than 40 minutes.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Musk plans to integrate Cybercabs, which lack manual controls that passengers could use to take over in an emergency, into the company’s existing cab service, which until now has used only conventional Tesla vehicles.

— Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of control

Verb

The panel of three judges nominated by Democratic former President Joe Biden agreed with the plaintiffs that the president does not have the power to regulate states' election policy.

— NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
For stars to form, gas has to be cold and not ionized, so hypersoft X-ray sources could be gently regulating star formation within galaxies.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of regulate

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