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as in supervised
to be in charge of
if you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission
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as in ruled
to exercise authority or power over
captained the project for a few days while the boss was out of town
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as in led
to serve as leader of
you did a good job of captaining the team
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Recent Examples of captained
The dessert win was a long time coming for Circle City Sweets’ Hawkins, who also captained the Team Indiana group that entered 15 teams of chefs in all 10 categories.
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Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
Cummins became the first frontline fast bowler to lead the side since Ray Lindwall, who captained one Test against India in the 1950s.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Then this season, Reese totaled six points, nine rebounds, two assists, and a steal in 17 minutes for Team Collier, captained by Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, in a 151-131 over Team Clark, captained by Clark.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
In addition, Fever has been announced as an official partner of Fireballs GC, one of LIV Golf’s teams captained by Spanish icon Sergio Garcia, which will showcase the Fever logo on the sleeve of Fireballs’ playing kits.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 22 Aug. 2025
To kick off the trip, guests will travel to Boston’s scenic Seaport District, then board an active boat captained by a local lobsterman.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
And with Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, captained by lickspittle MAGA lieutenants like Johnson and Thune, impeachment proceedings aren’t likely to get any traction.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Stuart Martin and Fra Fee, both of whom appeared in Snyder’s Rebel Moon movies, will star in the feature, an indie whose budget will be significantly lower than many of the epics Snyder has captained before.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
Each royal captained an Emirates Team New Zealand America's Cup yacht for the race at the Viaduct Basin, and Kate came out on top — not once, but twice.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
Cummins became the first frontline fast bowler to lead the side since Ray Lindwall, who captained one Test against India in the 1950s.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Then this season, Reese totaled six points, nine rebounds, two assists, and a steal in 17 minutes for Team Collier, captained by Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, in a 151-131 over Team Clark, captained by Clark.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
In addition, Fever has been announced as an official partner of Fireballs GC, one of LIV Golf’s teams captained by Spanish icon Sergio Garcia, which will showcase the Fever logo on the sleeve of Fireballs’ playing kits.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 22 Aug. 2025
To kick off the trip, guests will travel to Boston’s scenic Seaport District, then board an active boat captained by a local lobsterman.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
And with Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, captained by lickspittle MAGA lieutenants like Johnson and Thune, impeachment proceedings aren’t likely to get any traction.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Stuart Martin and Fra Fee, both of whom appeared in Snyder’s Rebel Moon movies, will star in the feature, an indie whose budget will be significantly lower than many of the epics Snyder has captained before.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
Each royal captained an Emirates Team New Zealand America's Cup yacht for the race at the Viaduct Basin, and Kate came out on top — not once, but twice.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captained
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One group of suits is being supervised by Kuhl.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Laurie Orlando, who has supervised talent recruitment and strategy at CBS News for nearly a decade, is leaving the Paramount Skydance operation — the latest of the news division’s senior executives to exit as the parent company overhauls its operations under an iconoclastic new editor in chief.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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An appeals court ruled Bovino did not have to do the daily check-ins.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Stephen King’s 1982 novel, The Running Man, imagined an authoritarian America in 2025, ruled over by a giant corporation that controls the flow of information while keeping the underclass in its place.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Leo Varadkar led Ireland and Humza Yousaf headed Scotland’s government.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Pelosi retires and Dems begin generational civil war Nancy Pelosi, 85, announced her retirement yesterday as a new generation of much younger Democrats bridles against the elderly cadre under former President Biden, 82, who led them to defeat in the last presidential election.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Smith oversaw the department's division of fire prevention and community risk reduction, a job that gave him oversight of arson investigations, including the investigation last year into the blaze that damaged and closed parts of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge over the Ohio River.—
Aaron Valdez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2025
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In 2023, the judge oversaw a jury trial that Epic won.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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To solve this conundrum and to discover if dark matter could be governed by a fifth, thus far unknown fundamental force, researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) set about determining if dark matter falls into cosmic gravity wells on vast scales just as ordinary matter does.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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That means use will not be uniform nationwide and remains governed by state law and the terms of each agreement.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The central square is commanded by the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque, and the streets hold other imperial Ottoman-era mosques, Byzantine cisterns, and the remains of a hippodrome.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Considered a delicacy in parts of Asia, mullet roe commanded a premium price.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Steelers are coming off a 27-20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts, a team that handled the Chargers with relative ease, 38-24, in Week 7.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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The interiors are handled with more finesse.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Even amid some clunky exposition, Welcome to Derry has at least managed to offer compelling horror set pieces to keep heart rates up.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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In Week 5, Matthew Stafford passed for 389 yards and three touchdowns, but the Rams converted on only four of 10 third downs, and after taking a 17-7 lead into halftime, managed only nine points in the final two quarters and overtime.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Captained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captained. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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