PRESIDING (OVER) Synonyms: 53 Similar Words

presiding (over)

verb

present participle of preside (over)

as in governing

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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as in operating

to look after and make decisions about he presides over a vast communications empire

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To achieve this, the locus coeruleus continuously alternates between tonic activity—governing baseline arousal and alertness—and brief phasic bursts that focus attention on critical events.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
The petitioners — Anthony Hernandez, Mary Jo Adams Hermann and an anonymous parent — claim the Sacramento school violated Catholic canon law, the church’s system of laws governing its institutions and members.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of governing

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By operating as both a co-working and co-living hub, the nonprofit organization is injecting new energy, creativity, and money into the region.

— Liz Provencher, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
What complicates this topic is the Big Ten and SEC operating on different television cycles.

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of operating

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Donald had been kidnapped, beaten and killed by klansmen in retaliation for the killing of a police officer – a crime Donald had no involvement in – and to intimidate Black jurors from ruling in favor of Black defendants.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The ruling pro-presidential Adilet party is widely predicted to win an overwhelming majority, with several smaller parties loyal to Tokayev also anticipated to enter parliament.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of ruling

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Parker brings more than two decades of experience producing and overseeing film and television projects across all genres.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
The Kansas City Immigration Court tries to have at least seven judges overseeing cases, Sharma-Crawford said.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of overseeing

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That gives the new processor a path into systems handling large transaction-processing and data-intensive workloads.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026
Such transformers are physically smaller and lighter than conventional transformers, have modular designs that enable easy upgrades or replacements of parts, and can perform as all-in-one power electronic devices by handling multiple tasks.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of handling

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Epic sued Apple after the iPhone maker removed Fortnite from the App Store, accusing the company of illegally controlling the way apps were distributed and payments were processed on iPhones.

— Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
The measure would generally make the date of the federal disaster declaration—not the payment date—controlling in determining eligibility for qualifying wildfire payments.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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