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
  • Pancho’s implant, a delicate array of electrodes spread over a flat, flexible rectangular device like a business card, is placed on the surface of his vocal motor cortex, which governs speech production.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
  • What governs the system is the law that governs the company operating it.
    — Antoni Kozelski, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of governs
Verb
  • The company says its sodium-ion platform operates with passive cooling, eliminating the need for those systems.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Technically not in Lofoten, but well worth extending your trip for, Kvitnes Gard is a historic estate in Hadsel, Vesterålen, that operates as a 15-room farm hotel.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of operates
Verb
  • Tafoya’s donors also include a lengthy list of team owners and NBC’s NFL rules analyst Terry McAulay ($1,000).
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Senate rules on campaigning Whether Marshall can use his Senate staff for campaigning is murky.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of rules
Verb
  • This book manages to deliver on the promise of the jaunt without losing any of the rigor.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Her lips were frosted with a sheen of seashell pink, which manages to be both wintry and summery at the same time.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of manages
Verb
  • The commissioner oversees an office with 1,400 employees that regulates more than 1,700 home, auto, workers’ compensation and other insurers, as well as more than 510,000 agents, brokers, adjusters, bail agents and other business entities.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In announcing the changes, SafeSport also nodded to a bipartisan inquiry into a major youth sports organization launched last month by the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, which also oversees SafeSport.
    — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of oversees
Verb
  • Although labs such as DeepSeek and Moonshot AI are private, the state supervises them at every stage and, increasingly, finances them.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Request the treating physician’s name and qualifications, then ask who performs each stage and how the physician supervises the team.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of supervises
Verb
  • One is fezolinetant, which works in the area of the brain that controls body temperature and blocks a source of hot flashes and night sweats.
    — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • That’s three negative developments in three Senate races that could determine which party controls the chamber, all of them contests in which Democrats were believed to be favored.
    — W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of controls
Verb
  • The commissioner oversees an office with 1,400 employees that regulates more than 1,700 home, auto, workers’ compensation and other insurers, as well as more than 510,000 agents, brokers, adjusters, bail agents and other business entities.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Voters elected Democrat Shelia Edwards to the PSC, which regulates the rates and profits of Georgia Power and Atlanta Gas Light.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of regulates
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