1
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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2
as in to operate
to look after and make decisions about
he presides over a vast communications empire
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preside (over)
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The airport sued over that issue, and a court ruled in its favor, entering a temporary injunction directing city officials to use the sales tax money to pay off the bonds.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Aug. 2025 -
In mid-April, Judge Eric M. Davis, who had presided over Dominion's case against Fox News, ruled that all of the at-issue statements that aired on Newsmax were also false and defamatory.—
Maddy Lauria,
NPR,
18 Aug. 2025
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As of May 2025, Ulta Beauty operates 1,451 stores across all 50 states.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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When a business model depends on a particular legal framework, and that framework gets sent back to the drawing board, companies operate in uncertainty until something new emerges.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Throughout the day, your sympathetic nervous system accumulates activation while your parasympathetic system, which governs rest and restoration, gets overwhelmed.—
Allison Palmer
August 19,
Sacbee.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The legal framework governing National Guard deployments is complex.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Uber's operational model prioritizes rapid market entry with standardized processes that can be quickly deployed across new cities, often learning and adapting on the fly while managing the complexity of hundreds of simultaneous markets.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The city has hired a public relations and marketing firm that manages a website, 37Thrives, to provide drivers and businesses with construction updates and keep them apprised of traffic changes.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
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The focus is no longer on doing the process, but on designing, supervising and improving it.—
Dutt Kalluri,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The official supervising Ghana’s effort to build its first nuclear plant admitted to Semafor last year that the country would miss its own 2030 deadline.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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As part of the newsroom, all of Alyssa's work and coverage decisions are overseen solely by Journal Sentinel editors.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Leanne heads up campaigns, imagery and branding alongside retail and the overall running of the company, while Guy steers production, wholesale partnerships and generally oversees the finished products.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Putin seemed to control the appearance of the proceedings in front of the press.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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The initiative reflects a broader strategy of owning customer experience end-to-end, controlling merchandising, branding, and margin without splitting the category spotlight.—
Brian Delp,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The production of cortisol is regulated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is the body’s main stress response system.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
13 Aug. 2025
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The agency will no longer regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants or oil and gas operations.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Preside (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preside%20%28over%29. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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