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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Gillan, New York’s punter, was pressed into duty because kicker Graham Gano was ruled questionable with a groin injury before the game.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025 -
Auburn believed Sategna had caught the pass before losing control, but after review, officials ruled it incomplete.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Since August 2000, Lakeside has been owned by Universal Health Services, a for-profit corporation that operates hundreds of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health facilities, in addition to psychiatric hospitals, and made $16 billion in revenues last year.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
22 Sep. 2025
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Usman’s twin boys were among more than 55,000 children receiving therapeutic food in Borno before the program was abruptly ended earlier this year, following a US funding cut, according to Mercy Corps, which operated three outpatient nutrition clinics in northeast Nigeria.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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That's what's being governed here.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Sep. 2025
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Raised money will be put towards training, coaching, travel and recovery costs, the governing body said, whose women’s team rank second in the world despite their amateur status.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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Local police sought to have an alert sent out the Friday before they were found dead, but the agency that manages the program in Washington state declined to do so.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Gold Reserve exists today to manage legal claims, and not to operate mines or refineries.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Vicencio’s criminal history in the county outlines struggles with mental health, and legal trouble over gun possession; he was supervised under the court’s mental-health treatment division for much of 2022.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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After that, the rtw was designed by a team supervised by managing director Georgina Brandolini.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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The White House has defended Homan, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement director and Fox News contributor who now oversees mass deportation operations.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025
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Amazon’s Prime boss, Jamil Ghani, and Neil Lindsay, a senior vice president in its health division who previously oversaw Prime’s technology and business operations, are named defendants in the complaint.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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The conglomerate, which often aligns itself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development goals and controls vast swathes of India’s infrastructure sector, is yet to fully recover from the market value erosion caused by the short seller’s accusations.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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New frontiers in medical use The ability to control the metamaterial remotely makes new medical applications possible.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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The opinion, issued 10 days ago in California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal, is a clear example of why the state’s legal authorities are scrambling to regulate the use of AI in the judiciary.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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This regulates your body’s fight or flight response, mood, attention, focus, learning, and memory.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Preside (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preside%20%28over%29. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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