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
  • English common law still governs substantial rules on cross-border finance, shipping, commercial contracts, and international arbitration.
    — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In Chinese medicine, each of the five elements has an associated color, and yellow represents the Earth element, which governs the spleen and stomach — the digestive organs.
    — Karin Eldor, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of governs
Verb
  • Much of cross-border e-commerce operates under a Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU) model, where the consumer—not the merchant—is the importer of record.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Head Start, which operates in all 50 states, has long enjoyed robust bipartisan support.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of operates
Verb
  • Narbonne is appealing its three-year playoff ban in football for City Section rules violations.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • How the agency rules on the experimental vaccine made by Moderna has big implications for the future of mRNA research.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of rules
Verb
  • Even if Wall Street manages to put the merger to one side, the spotlight on the two separate businesses may not be especially flattering for either of them this quarter.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Although much of it feels like a coda to Endgame, Far From Home manages to chart out some fascinating future possibilities for the MCU.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of manages
Verb
  • The mortgage wholesaler sent a letter dated July 16 to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, urging the agency to modify or postpone the changes.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Minnesota Department of Health oversees the assisted living facility.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 1 Aug. 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
  • When your estrogen levels start to drop in midlife, your hypothalamaus, the part of the brain that controls your temperature regulation.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The areas Israel controls in Gaza have been mostly destroyed and depopulated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of controls
Verb
  • Led by Guido Pagano, PhD, a physics and astronomy professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the research team developed a two-knob control system that independently regulates heating and cooling.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
  • Herzog said clock changes disrupt circadian rhythms, the body's internal clock that regulates sleep and other biological functions.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of regulates
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