reigned (over)

verb

past tense of reign (over)
as in lorded (it over)

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  1. dominated
  2. dictated
  3. oppressed
  4. mastered
  5. managed
  6. regulated
  7. administered
Verb
  • For years, conversations about the housing crisis were dominated by debates over affordability, zoning, financing, and neighborhood character.
    — David Schwartz, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington flew under the radar on Sunday as the hullabaloo between Enes Kanter Freedom and Natasha Cloud dominated the headlines following the Sky’s loss to the Indiana Fever.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of dominated
Verb
  • Timed around the natural breaks in the soccer calendar, dictated by international fixtures and the pause for Christmas, each leg will have its own mini table, including prizes for the winners.
    — Dominic Preston, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Of all the episodes, that was the one most dictated by location.
    — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of dictated
Verb
  • And women, being oppressed in that way in that realm, have been able nonetheless to engage with the more emotional maturity.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Man oppressed woman legally, economically, socially, educationally, morally, professionally and religiously.
    — Brian DeLay, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of oppressed
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  • Even the most dependent of the United States’ allies have mastered the arts of foot-dragging, leash-slipping, and lobbying Washington.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor who became chair after his 2004 Presidential campaign, told me that part of the job is learning how to tune out the complaints, something Martin has apparently not yet mastered.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of mastered
Verb
  • Americans have generally managed to keep their credit scores intact despite grappling with high prices and economic worries, but don't let that fool you into thinking consumers are all okay.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Trainor is managed by Nikola Barisic for Bond Artist Management and represented by Aaron Rosenberg for Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of managed
Verb
  • Moreover, many of the road trip’s corporate sponsors—including Boeing, United Airlines, Royal Caribbean, Toyota, Shell, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Lyft—are regulated by the department Duffy oversees.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, researchers have begun to ask whether autonomous clinical AI should be licensed and regulated more like clinicians than conventional medical devices.
    — Arya Rao, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of regulated
Verb
  • The study involved a personalized cancer vaccine called Intismeran, produced by Merck and Moderna, administered in combination with Merck’s cancer immunotherapy Keytruda.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
  • On Wednesday, Colorado released results from the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS), PSAT and SAT tests administered to public school students across the state this past spring.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of administered
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