reigning 1 of 2

reigning

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verb

present participle of reign

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reigning
Verb
  • The death, in a hospital, was announced by the International Chess Federation, the game’s governing body.
    Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Whether your board can discontinue maintenance hinges on the co-op’s governing documents and the approval of any change by the requisite voting interests.
    Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Having switched labels, from Sony to the more controlling Ariola/BMG, Soda considered kick-starting their new record deal with a double album.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
  • The rest of the cast does their best to rise — or descend — to the occasion, with Sedgwick quite good in her largely thankless role as the controlling Jewish mother.
    Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • The test comes more than a week after North Korea's ruling party held its annual meeting in Pyongyang.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • According to a unanimous Court of Appeal ruling in summer 2024, the trial judge marred the original guilty verdict by allowing the jury to proceed despite knowing that one juror had attempted to bribe the others.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, anti-Chinese sentiment has become not merely trendy, but politically regnant.
    Sam Thielman, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Her opponent, nonprofit leader and billionaire's son Josh Kraft, and who's campaigning against what he's characterized as Wu's regnant leadership style.
    Mike Deehan, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While annual fees help fund a lot of card benefits, travelers will need to decide if those benefits are useful to them, says Kurt Adams, senior points-and-miles content manager at Going, a travel app and deals newsletter.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 20 June 2025
  • Ben Mitchell, Harvest Christian, senior, catcher/pitcher.
    Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • The agreement was discussed by high-level diplomats as recently as last week, just days before Israel’s bombings began.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2025
  • President Donald Trump was reportedly working with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to coordinate high-level talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in Istanbul last week.
    Danielle Wallace , Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • This reminds me that most of my conversations at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos were spent discussing countries’ needs for a disconnected, sovereign AI cloud.
    Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • That, potentially, is as much of a weakness, longer term, as a shortage of sovereign AI computing infrastructure.
    Ian King, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Harper isn’t devoid of faults, with the two main ones being his defensive focus and inconsistent jump-shooting.
    Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • The investment firm said Advanced Auto Parts might be losing market share to its main rivals and that the stock appears to be trading at an extended valuation.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 24 June 2025
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“Reigning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reigning. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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