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
: to present to (as for evaluation)
ran some ideas by her
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Not to mention, their food-waste system is run by leading technology organization ORCA.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
The unit previously reported to Sony Pictures Television Chairman Keith LeGoy but has been subsequently folded within Sony Pictures Television Studios, which is run by President Katherine Pope.
—Peter White, Deadline, 9 June 2026
Ezgi Başaran, a scholar at Oxford University, calculated that 30 municipalities in Turkey, representing 28 million people, are run by politicians not elected by their citizens because of these arrests.
—Kaya Genç, The Dial, 9 June 2026
The ferry is run by the town of Imbersago, and runs to the town of Villa d’Adda on the other side.
—ABC News, 9 June 2026
Rookie Jonah Cox provided an insurance run by perfectly executing the suicide squeeze to score Eldridge.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
Sylvia got the tying run by another error by the Wildcats.
—Zach McMahon, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
Jordan testified at the trial in December 2025, urging NASCAR, a family business run by CEO Jim France, to behave more like the NBA, where the league and team owners partner to grow the pie.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 9 June 2026
The scene, in which Daredevil breaks out the Swordsman (Tony Dalton) and others from a detention center run by the Anti-Vigilante Task Force, was not initially planned as a one-shot.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
The unit previously reported to Sony Pictures Television Chairman Keith LeGoy but has been subsequently folded within Sony Pictures Television Studios, which is run by President Katherine Pope.
—Peter White, Deadline, 9 June 2026
Ezgi Başaran, a scholar at Oxford University, calculated that 30 municipalities in Turkey, representing 28 million people, are run by politicians not elected by their citizens because of these arrests.
—Kaya Genç, The Dial, 9 June 2026
The ferry is run by the town of Imbersago, and runs to the town of Villa d’Adda on the other side.
—ABC News, 9 June 2026
Rookie Jonah Cox provided an insurance run by perfectly executing the suicide squeeze to score Eldridge.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
Sylvia got the tying run by another error by the Wildcats.
—Zach McMahon, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
Jordan testified at the trial in December 2025, urging NASCAR, a family business run by CEO Jim France, to behave more like the NBA, where the league and team owners partner to grow the pie.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 9 June 2026
The scene, in which Daredevil breaks out the Swordsman (Tony Dalton) and others from a detention center run by the Anti-Vigilante Task Force, was not initially planned as a one-shot.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026
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“Run by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20by. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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