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Recent Examples of reigned
His father Henri, 70, reigned for 25 years, and Guillaume is likely to reign far longer, since Charles, the older of his two sons (and now heir to the throne) is just five.
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Vivienne Walt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Vivienne Walt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reigned
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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner first ruled his death an apparent suicide.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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But the Florida Supreme Court in 2017 ruled the new law was unconstitutional, saying jury verdicts needed to be unanimous.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Now, the documentary Christiania, from director Karl Friis Forchhammer and producer Rikke Tambo, explores this commune in the Christianshavn neighborhood of the Danish capital that is shaped by anarchist hippie culture and governed by consensus democracy.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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It has long been known that Earth's long-term climate is governed by the Milankovitch cycles, long-term variations in our planet's orbit and tilt governed by the gravitational pull of other planets in the solar system.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Reigned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reigned. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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