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
  • Both sides had to overcome corruption allegations that dominated TV advertising in the race.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • In the void, Donalds’ ads dominated the airwaves and defined Jolly to voters.
    — Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of dominated
Verb
  • Trump has insisted the closure is necessary and dictated a date for it, the filing points out, without any proper board oversight.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • On began to realize how much a healthy home life dictated road life.
    — Leena Tailor, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dictated
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  • The war lent credence to al-Qaeda’s accusations that Washington oppressed Muslims, attracting would-be jihadists around the world to join the cause.
    — S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026
  • There’s more than a mirror between the oppressor and oppressed.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of oppressed
Verb
  • After decades of anchoring the morning news, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos have mastered the art of waking up early.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Pink Floyd is notorious for not having professionally recorded very many, if any, concerts in the mid- and late ’70s, but this bootleg is said to have mixed and mastered to a level close enough to pro standards for an official release.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of mastered
Verb
  • Deckhand Matt may just be the most audacious toe-stepper to debut in this franchise since Alesia, who, in the last season of Down Under, managed to rearrange the interior team according to her own proclivities.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
  • This looming ban — slipped into a sweeping budget bill passed by Congress last year — was set to go into effect this November before a bipartisan coalition of senators managed to punt the deadline by a month, to December 11.
    — Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of managed
Verb
  • Buying into Smack is a legitimate investment regulated by the SEC.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
  • There is currently a split among federal courts as to whether Kalshi, Polymarket and other companies can be regulated by states’ sports betting laws or whether federal law for commodities preempts states.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of regulated
Verb
  • Hobbs was the secretary of state who administered Arizona's 2020 election.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • New York Road Runners, the nonprofit club that stages the race, said in a news release that a bystander administered CPR to Apa, and event medical staffers also did CPR and used a defibrillator.
    — Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of administered
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