presided (over)

verb

past tense of preside (over)
1
as in ruled
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 managed
to look after and make decisions about he presides over a vast communications empire

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presided (over)
  1. ruled
  2. managed
  3. governed
  4. supervised
  5. operated
  6. conducted
  7. regulated
  8. controlled
Verb
  • In May, an Alberta court ruled that a separatist petition seeking to trigger the referendum violated Indigenous rights because the province had failed to consult First Nations.
    — Sheena Rossiter, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Home building plummeted in California and the law of supply and demand ruled.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of ruled
Verb
  • An additional software test will examine whether computing applications can be deployed and managed reliably on the Moon.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • And no one has managed to fetch samples from Mars, let alone its moons.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of managed
Verb
  • The system sued the Education Department in March, arguing that SJSU followed the law and NCAA rules that governed the seasons under review.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Struggling with both the unforgiving ocean and the unforgiving crew, Hákon must adapt to a brutal environment governed by its own rules.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of governed
Verb
  • Englert also supervised the stunning cinematography, and one marvels at how this often silly film looks so smart.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
  • At the time of his arrest, McQuay supervised about 15 officers assigned to a patrol unit in Fresno’s northeast policing district.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of supervised
Verb
  • The answers depend on how services are operated and the commitments companies are prepared to make.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The affected rail line, used by trains operated by Metrolink and Amtrak that connect Orange County to San Diego and offer picturesque ocean views, has long been threatened by coastal erosion.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of operated
Verb
  • Just 39% of Americans say AI has a positive impact on society, compared with 44% who believe its impact is negative, according to a national survey conducted this month by my company, Outward Intelligence.
    — Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The experiment, conducted by computer scientists at Binghamton University in New York, exposed a security weakness in large language models (LLMs) used to plan robotic actions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of conducted
Verb
  • At the federal level, ENDS are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, but states have the authority to restrict their sale in order to protect the health of their citizens.
    — Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The companies are regulated on the federal level by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, which has historically focused on overseeing soybean futures and oil derivatives.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of regulated
Verb
  • And insurers controlled by former Los Angeles Lakers owner Mark Walter lent billions to companies tied to his financial empire, leading to lawsuits and an SEC investigation.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Most concerning of all was Dolan’s installation of his longtime crony, Isaiah Thomas, on the board of a new corporate entity that controlled the Knicks.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of controlled
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