reigns 1 of 2

noun

plural of reign
1
as in dominions
controlling power or influence over others a start-up threatening the company's reign over the computer chip market

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2
as in powers
the right or means to command or control others a democratic nation that is governed by the reign of law and not by the whim of its chief executive

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reigns

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of reign
as in governs

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Recent Examples of reigns
Noun
The current Jonathan was born in 2023, and took the reigns as working live mascot from his predecessor Jonathan XIV the following year. — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026 Postwar and contemporary art reigns as the largest sector in the auction market, accounting for just under half its value. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2026 According to 2025 statistics sourced from Cinépolis and other exhibitors, AMC reigns worldwide in terms of screen count, with 9,640, followed by China’s Wanda, with 8,743 and Cinepolis, 6,853. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026 Yet in a land where machismo still reigns, it’s considered a rather severe insult. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 While Lollapalooza attracts more national attention, Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash targets the hip-hop market and North Coast corners the EDM space, Riot Fest reigns as the area’s biggest festival bargain. — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 The New Day had seven WWE Tag Team Championship reigns among them and held the World Tag Team Championship for 483 days at one point. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 God has created and knows only the spiritual universe, in which divine law reigns and rules, upholding all that is good and true. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026 Today’s Recipe Among the pantheon of brunch classics, eggs Benedict reigns. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reigns
  1. dominions
  2. powers
  3. governs
  4. dominations
  5. controls
  6. rules
  7. sovereignties
  8. reins
Noun
  • Their dominions extend not merely over territory, trade routes, and airspace but over knowledge itself.
    — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The show represents a milestone in American TV, when showrunners like Shonda Rhimes began to become famous names in and of themselves, and create whole dominions of TV shows on networks and streaming services.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of dominions
Noun
  • Seabright found that the revision made no meaningful difference because those powers could not have been delegated to Essayli in the first place.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • By leading Philip into believing Arbella was marrying the son of his ally, the Duke of Parma, Protestant England could drive a wedge between two Continental Catholic powers.
    — Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of powers
Verb
  • The music as a whole seems to reflect all of this moment-to-moment action at a larger structural level, shifting from one overlapping movement to the next according to the same fractal geometry that governs the beat.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The glue that binds them together is a belief that government is best that governs the very least.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of governs
Noun
  • There will be 25 in-store client events, global out-of-home from Piccadilly to Sunset Strip including bus-stop dominations, and 15 social platforms activated simultaneously.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of dominations
Noun
  • It got blown out by a momentary glitch, magnified by his lack of controls.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Security controls, compliance requirements and multi-cloud environments introduce legitimate meta-work; an organization with none of it would be insecure or ruinously expensive.
    — Tal Dagan, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of controls
Verb
  • Brown previously served as chairman, but caucus rules state that seniority resets if a senator leaves and then is reelected.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Today, the half-boot Oxford rules supreme, but Derbies and Brogues are also quite popular with both men and women.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of rules
Noun
  • The Black Sea region stands out as a canvas of chokepoints and competing sovereignties, of energy routes and grain corridors, of overlapping jurisdictions and unresolved conflicts.
    — Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of sovereignties
Noun
  • Chapek thought Iger was out to undermine him as CEO and eager to reclaim the reins.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The correction, Garcia had taught her, was to hit the animal in the face with the reins.
    — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
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“Reigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reigns. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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