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adjective

as in overseeing

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verb

present participle of reign
as in governing

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  1. controlling
  2. governing
  3. regnant
  4. ruling
  5. senior
  6. monitoring
  7. managing
  8. supervisory
Adjective
  • Other light-responsive materials that hide and reveal colours illustrate how controlling visibility could have uses beyond body art.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Rivian, still a major non-controlling shareholder, factors into that roadmap too, since its growing fleet of on-road vehicles generates the driving data Also will eventually need to train its own autonomy systems.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of controlling
Verb
  • And the United States has also failed to invest consistently in international technical standards — the common rules governing advanced and interconnected technologies such as telecommunications.
    — Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose religious-nationalist coalition is projected to lose its governing majority at the October 27 election, has been more circumspect.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of governing
Adjective
  • Political discourse is reduced to opinions at once homogenous and balkanized, reinforced by the echo chambers of the day’s regnant algorithms.
    — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of regnant
Verb
  • The ruling party that acting President Delcy Rodríguez belongs to, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, also staged a gathering near the opposition demonstrators in Caracas, though for a women’s march for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • An influential nationalist group close to the ruling party went further, demanding that Starlink be kept out of India altogether, citing national security concerns.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ruling
Adjective
  • Autonomous attacks powered by AI agents are becoming more common, Jessica Ji, a senior research analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) told Fortune.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The approach is starting to resonate across Hawai’i’s tourism industry, says Jhana Young, sustainable seafood senior manager with Conservation International Hawai’i.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of senior
Verb
  • Potential industrial applications This was then used to tell the robot’s limbs what moves to make, all the while monitoring the cube’s state to check and correct for errors.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Use strong antivirus protection Strong antivirus software adds another layer of protection by monitoring suspicious behavior and detecting threats that may go unnoticed.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of monitoring
Adjective
  • Larry Berg, the co-managing owner of LAFC, was chosen Monday to become the third commissioner in MLS history when Don Garber retires in December.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But the data suggests most women aren’t choosing—they’re managing.
    — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of managing
Adjective
  • Over the summer Frasers bought Harvey Nichols out of administration, increased its stake in Hugo Boss to nearly 50 percent and installed its CEO, Michael Murray, as chairman of the supervisory board of the German company.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Police departments across the network can then conduct searches without warrants or supervisory approval.
    — Henry F. Fradella, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of supervisory
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