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
  • MacInnes denied ever making such a complaint but Justice Elizabeth Raper of the Federal Court of Australia ruled Wednesday that none of Wilson’s posts were defamatory.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Raper ruled that the meaning was not defamatory, finding that an assertion that someone had changed their story would not necessarily cause an ordinary reasonable person to think less of them.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 July 2026
Definition of ruled
Verb
  • Defense attorney Marilyn Bednarski said Burke’s mother, Colleen Burke, managed most of the company’s financial decisions.
    — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 22 July 2026
  • The Japanese international moved to Birmingham last summer for around €9 million, but managed just one goal in 28 appearances in the English Championship.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of managed
Verb
  • The historic area was first governed by a special planning document adopted by Sacramento County 15 years before Elk Grove incorporated in 2000.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • By contrast, Congress appropriates much of the public-private institution’s funding and exercises oversight over the institution, which is governed by a board of regents.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Definition of governed
Verb
  • City officials said the Daxbots will be supervised at all times and wear high-visibility vests.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • The complaint claimed the care home company failed to ensure Kasanga’s food was properly prepared or that she was supervised while eating, as well as failing to respond appropriately to the choking.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Definition of supervised
Verb
  • The aircraft is operated by the private charter division of Qatar Airways, a World Cup sponsor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • During the tests, four live airdrops were successfully conducted over the course of six days using the transport operated by the RAF.
    — David Szondy July 18, New Atlas, 19 July 2026
Definition of operated
Verb
  • All the research Matthews' group had conducted, along with weather data from the time of the crash, was synthesized to develop a map of the most likely location and a search area of 10 square nautical miles.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Oil prices are rising after the United States conducted an 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iranian military targets and Houthi rebels in Yemen threatened to disrupt a crucial escape hatch for Saudi Arabia’s oil exports.
    — Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of conducted
Verb
  • Private and investor-owned utilities, such as Evergy in the Kansas City area, are regulated by OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    — Eric Adler July 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
  • Some of those gifts came from other media companies regulated by the FCC.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of regulated
Verb
  • Fourteen of Freedom Fuel’s 25 locations are controlled by companies linked to Shamikh and Syed Kazmi, eight of which are leased from the investment firm Blue Owl Capital, the Associated Press reported.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Unlike conventional drone operations, where individual aircraft are controlled separately, swarms are designed to allow multiple unmanned systems to coordinate, share information, adapt to battlefield conditions, and carry out missions collectively.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of controlled
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