1
as in dominion
controlling power or influence over others
a start-up threatening the company's reign over the computer chip market
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as in power
the right or means to command or control others
a democratic nation that is governed by the reign of law and not by the whim of its chief executive
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Recent Examples of reign
Josh Becker, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Odds are one of them will reign when Super Bowl 60 (that’s LX to you Romans) is played on February 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Cal.
—Greg Cote
august 22, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
The loss ended Riddle's impressive 245-day reign as the champion of the promotion.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Senate Bill 254 is the Legislature’s most ambitious effort in decades to reign in utility costs.
—Josh Becker, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Odds are one of them will reign when Super Bowl 60 (that’s LX to you Romans) is played on February 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Cal.
—Greg Cote
august 22, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
The pop star’s box office reign this weekend is also notable in that Showgirl is not a concert film nor a documentary in a classic sense.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
The loss ended Riddle's impressive 245-day reign as the champion of the promotion.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reign
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In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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Hanke relates that it was riddled with loopholes that handed the Banco Central de la República Argentina discretionary monetary powers.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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On Saturday, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party tapped Sanae Takaichi, positioning the conservative lawmaker to become Japan’s first female prime minister.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
6 Oct. 2025
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The judge did not rule on the facts of the case, but rather that the suit should have been filed in New Zealand and not Wisconsin.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Not long after Scopely set out on this path, then-Disney execs Tim O’Brien and Javier Ferreira joined Driver in his quest for mobile-gaming domination.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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Morgan Pope continued her domination of the game and further cemented herself as the favorite to win season 27.—
Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette maintains full editorial control over this article and all other coverage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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Going forward, the chain may need to hire a police detail to traffic control, the chief said.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gaza would then be governed by an international coalition headed by Trump himself and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
5 Oct. 2025
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Then comes the real work of actually governing the world’s fourth-largest economy, with the future prime minister inheriting a slate of thorny issues.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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After two years of the Florida Panthers’ postseason dominance, is the road clear for another team to win the Stanley Cup?—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The deal marks a major endorsement of AMD's AI hardware and software capabilities as the company competes with Nvidia for dominance in the AI chip market.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 Oct. 2025
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Past patterns suggest that when a president’s approval dips below 50 percent, their party may face setbacks in congressional contests, especially in battleground areas where independents and moderates hold sway.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Whether Hamas chooses this route will likely depend on whether its political leaders, mostly in Turkey and Qatar, hold sway over its fighters on the ground.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Reign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reign. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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