run by

verb

variants or run past
ran by or ran by; run by or run by; running by or running by; runs by or runs by
Synonyms of run bynext

transitive verb

: to present to (as for evaluation)
ran some ideas by her

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Last year’s winner Maido, for example, was a Peruvian restaurant run by Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura, who is a descendant of Japanese immigrants to Peru and uses Japanese cooking techniques. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026 And across the rotunda will be a Texas House run by Democrats for the first time since 2002. — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 5 Nov. 2026 Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio run by CNBC's Investing Club, owns shares of AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, and NVDA. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026 The Associated Press noted in an article published in May that the number of cafés run by the six largest Yemeni coffee chains increased by 50% last year. — Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run by

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“Run by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20by. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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