reigning (over)

verb

present participle of reign (over)
as in lording (it over)

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  1. dominating
  2. mastering
  3. dictating
  4. oppressing
  5. managing
  6. regulating
Verb
  • Sinner rebounded to win Wimbledon, dominating Djokovic in the semis and topping Alexander Zverev in the final.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • By now, the moon is dominating the night sky, albeit low on the horizon, and on Wednesday, July 29 — the night before the full Buck Moon — the Summer Triangle will appear to point straight at it.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of dominating
Verb
  • Charli is well on her way to mastering all three mediums spelled out in the title of her new LP, Music, Fashion, Film.
    — Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
  • From tailored button-downs to cargo pants and jumpsuits, Aniston proves that repeating versatile basics and refining your personal uniform is the key to mastering quiet luxury style.
    — Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 22 July 2026
Definition of mastering
Verb
  • Casting those doubts aside for this exercise, there are few players in European football with Stones’ ability as a tempo-dictating central defender.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • Spieler learned from Chapa how rigid parking garage geometry is, meaning garages end up dictating the shape of developments around them.
    — Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of dictating
Verb
  • Norway was itself a colonizer, and programs oppressing indigenous cultures and languages were in place well into the 1960s.
    — Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026
  • Having been raised not too far from similarly-minded environs, this Turkish critic knows that keeping a pure and noble familial slate in patriarchy often means oppressing women.
    — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 May 2026
Definition of oppressing
Verb
  • Prep Baseball Report, a group based in Indiana, and Homefield’s baseball teams, would continue managing and utilizing the property under the 20-year lease term with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK.
    — Sofi Zeman July 24, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • The trailer relies on a hitch coupler force sensor to provide continuous feedback on the pull on the tow vehicle, managing the trailer's movement by increasing motor output or applying the electro-mechanical brakes located at all four wheels.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Definition of managing
Verb
  • Nationally, 85% of Democrats and 79% of Republicans favored creating a federal agency devoted to monitoring and regulating AI.
    — Victoria Baeza Garcia, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2026
  • LoPilato said the policy aims to be proactive, rather than allowing more violence to take place before regulating the problem.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of regulating
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