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 -
Earlier this year a Delaware judge ruled that Newsmax did air defamatory statements about Dominion by falsely accusing the company of rigging the 2020 election.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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Lawyers for Florida and the Trump administration told the court that federal law doesn't apply because the facility was built and is operated by the state.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
14 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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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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These communities represented a direct challenge to white supremacy: Black people owning land, governing themselves, and preserving their cultural heritage outside white control.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
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 judge said Habba can't participate in or supervise these defendants' prosecutions, and that her past actions in their cases – such as signing an indictment – were void.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Matrix Reloaded, where his son R.A. Rondell served as supervising stunt coordinator.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
17 Aug. 2025
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Creative Executive Apolline Berty, Vice President of Production Richard Ruiz, and Creative Executive Daniel Yu are overseeing the project for Searchlight Pictures, reporting to Co-Heads of Film Production & Development DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
20 Aug. 2025
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Creative Executive Apolline Berty, VP of Production Richard Ruiz, and Creative Executive Daniel Yu are overseeing the project for Searchlight Pictures, reporting to Co-Heads of Film Production & Development DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 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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Russia now controls much of Donetsk, as well as swathes of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts in the southeast.—
Ellie Cook
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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 24 Aug. 2025.
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