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reigning

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verb

present participle of reign

Example Sentences

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
  • In the same way that a sputtering relationship exhibits overbearing and controlling behavior, is this also the hallmark of a gasping empire?
    Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The man also faces three counts of intentional strangulation, two counts of making a threat to kill, assault causing actual bodily harm, and coercive and controlling behavior.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 July 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
  • The order calls for the Labor Department and Securities and Exchange Commission to issue guidance to employers about providing access to those alternative investments in their retirement accounts, according to a senior White House official.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Think Only Murders in the Building, only set in a British retirement home, as the comic crime caper based on the book by Richard Osman introduces senior crime busters not content to just play bridge or engage in idle gossip for leisure.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • For all the high-level disputes over investment and sponsorship, venues and promoters on the ground are grappling with equally volatile decisions.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
  • On August 7, Zelenskyy held further discussions with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron to coordinate a European position on potential high-level talks.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Already on the hunt, Mubadala Energy (part of the UAE’s $330 billion sovereign wealth fund) has acquired a 24% stake in a venture being launched by the $6 billion assets private equity group Kimmeridge.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Paradoxically, Aramco is key to Saudi efforts to wean itself off oil: The company’s dividends power Riyadh’s $1.15 trillion sovereign wealth fund, which plays a growing role in the domestic economy, and future stock sales could accelerate that effort.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The report outlined three main policy goals: improving student literacy, strengthening the teacher workforce, and empowering parents.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Blood of My Blood tells the origin stories of the Outlander main characters' families, in this epic romantic drama.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Reigning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reigning. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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