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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
Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
Kim, who has won gold in the previous two Olympics, may have seen her reign ended in the event.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
In South Walton, though, vacation homes reign supreme.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill and General Counsel Mike Stuart are exiting a year into Kennedy’s reign, according to a person familiar with the matter.
—Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
Kim, who has won gold in the previous two Olympics, may have seen her reign ended in the event.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Verb
Vaccarello, shy and soft-spoken, has managed to reign at one of the great houses without becoming a household name or a glittering public personage in the manner of John Galliano or Marc Jacobs.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
In South Walton, though, vacation homes reign supreme.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reign
Noun
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The driver is dominion, not religion.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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Cosmological queries were the dominion of philosophers, says Jenann Ismael—herself a philosopher of physics at Johns Hopkins University.—
Sarah Scoles,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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Food and drink Onsite restaurant L’Escale is just as much a Greenwich institution as the hotel itself—a proper entity conveniently attached at the hip to your lodging for power lunchers in daylight, special-occasion diners in the evening, and a rotating cast of Hopper subjects always at the bar.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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Republicans often couched their fury at speech restrictions — around right-wing cultural politics and COVID-19, in particular — as part of a broader critique of corporate power.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision ruled in the government’s favor.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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The arbitrator was moved by his story but ruled against him anyway, denying him his last chance for a win of any kind at this year’s Olympics.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The reasons for this domination are simple.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Some Republican states are pushing to reduce the American Bar Association’s long domination in accrediting law schools.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
11 Feb. 2026
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Engineers tracked stability and control across each phase.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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As Farthing was assisting in traffic control, a man approached him from behind and stabbed him in the back, sheriff's office spokesperson Kim Peters said in a news release.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Feb. 2026
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Kennedy received a verbal warning from governing body World Curling a day after the feisty back-and-forth with the Swedish team, when fingers were pointed and the Canadian player repeatedly swore.—
STEVE DOUGLAS,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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On the governance front, Dallas leaders voted Wednesday to support shrinking the city’s power to at least 45% on DART’s board, which some cities say doesn’t give a fair voice or vote to smaller suburbs represented by the 15-member governing body.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer won the short track 1,000 meters on Monday, claiming her second gold at the Winter Games and extending Dutch dominance of the competition.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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The growing instability of the Seven Kingdoms after centuries of Targaryen dominance.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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The only recognizable Mustard tic is the ubiquitous finger snaps, which mostly add sway.—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
11 Feb. 2026
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Banks and supermarkets sit on corners where drug dealers held sway.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Reign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reign. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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