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

transitive verb

: to present to (as for evaluation)

ran some ideas by her

Examples of run by in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are about 2,000 such safety-net clinics in California, run by either private nonprofits (in most cases) or public entities like counties, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

The second motion was a preliminary injunction order (PI) intended to stop the Fearless Strivers Grant program, an initiative run by the Fearless Foundation, our nonprofit providing grants and educational resources to Black women entrepreneurs. — Arian Simone, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

One was a $750,000 donation to the California Republican Party and the other a $100,000 check to Reform California, the political organization run by firebrand conservative Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-Valley Center. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Both restaurants are owned and run by Black chefs with serious fine-dining resumes and ambitious plans to take their deeply personal cooking to new heights. — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for run by

• apply
• awry
• belie
• bely
• bigeye
• bonsai
• buckeye
• comply
• coxae
• decry
• defy
• deny