presides (over)

verb

present tense third-person singular of preside (over)
1
as in governs
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 operates
to look after and make decisions about he presides over a vast communications empire

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presides (over)
  1. governs
  2. operates
  3. rules
  4. manages
  5. oversees
  6. supervises
  7. controls
  8. regulates
Verb
  • Congress has not passed a farm bill — a legislative package normally done every five years that governs agricultural and food programs — since 2018.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 30 July 2026
  • Christopherson said the wider drop-off defies the simple currency logic that normally governs foreign buying behavior.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of governs
Verb
  • Now, the non-profit operates with around 40 full-time employees, 60 partner organizations and 130 corner stores with a Kanbe’s Market inside.
    — Zuri Primos July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
  • The System Determines Where Effort Goes Every sales team operates inside a structure that determines where effort actually flows.
    — Jeff Winters, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of operates
Verb
  • The proceedings will then go forward in a trial format, with an opportunity to appeal if the commission rules against him.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • As such neither, as per Article 16 of the FIGC’s Sports Agents rules on incompatibility and conflict of interest, would have had to leave their roles in the event Pirlo senior secured the Italy job.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of rules
Verb
  • When a child manages to avoid catastrophic harm, recovery can still mean surgery, months out of school, and potentially lifelong mental health issues.
    — J. Todd R. Lawrence, STAT, 27 July 2026
  • The song manages an even larger positional gain on the Billboard Global Excl.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of manages
Verb
  • The board sets education policy, maintains academic standards, and oversees educational licenses and the accreditation system.
    — Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Henry Gardner, the director of a body that oversees the Coliseum’s affairs, said Saturday that Oakland Roots SC had missed its deadline a day earlier to make good on a defaulted lease payment.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Definition of oversees
Verb
  • The State Board of Education supervises public K–12 education across the state, overseeing educational interests in Kansas.
    — Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • David Smith, who supervises the district’s aedes crew, said his team has received an increasing number of service requests for day-biting mosquitoes within the neighborhood.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of supervises
Verb
  • The five-member HOA board controls the building; all officers are in the Airbnb business.
    — Joan Chrissos, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026
  • Whenever a single jurisdiction controls a dominant share of processing or refining capacity, investors should assume that export control risk exists, even if markets are not currently pricing it in.
    — Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of controls
Verb
  • This department oversees and regulates restaurants across Sacramento County, conducting food inspections and issuing food permits.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • The Department of Agriculture, which regulates poultry and most red meats, has lost about ten per cent of its food-safety-and-inspection team.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 July 2026
Definition of regulates
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“Presides (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presides%20%28over%29. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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