1
as in helm
usually reins plural
the place of leadership or command
after the president resigned, the vice president stepped in and took the reins of the company
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2
as in restriction
the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries
the oversight committee called on the state to keep a much tighter rein on the activities of its contractors
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as in power
usually reins plural
the right or means to command or control others
a peaceful transfer of the reins of government has always been a hallmark of our nation
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as in to restrain
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Recent Examples of rein
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Finding every moment of that character and really being able to have the reins to take control of it and play with it is my favorite part of the whole thing.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Rafsanjani and Khamenei became wary of the Guards’ increasing power in the late 1980s and sought to rein them in.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Like Robertson and Senesi, Van Hecke is a player Tottenham admired long before Roberto De Zerbi took the reins on March 31.
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Elias Burke,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Finding every moment of that character and really being able to have the reins to take control of it and play with it is my favorite part of the whole thing.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
Verb
May is the most reserved of the four coaches, but lets his players get emotional on the court without trying to rein them in, trusting them to play under control.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Rafsanjani and Khamenei became wary of the Guards’ increasing power in the late 1980s and sought to rein them in.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for rein
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rein
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After her grandfather signed the Giving Pledge in 2010, Lorenz took the helm of the foundation the following year.
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On Wednesday night, Alan Cumming was at the helm as DJ as NBCUniversal hosted a late-night bash to celebrate its late-night franchises.
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Last week, the UK government banned social media for under-16s starting next year, modeling its restrictions on those set by the Australian government in December.
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Some of the restrictions were partially or fully reversed after public backlash and court challenges.
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.
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He was raised in Tiberias and Eilat, outside Israel’s traditional centers of power and influence.
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Three women were restrained, arrested, and held for nearly 20 hours in the Baltimore City Detention Center, the lawsuit alleges.
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After a special education student in Seymour Public Schools was restrained and secluded 53 times in seven months, the child’s parents filed an official state complaint.
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People gathered on the National Mall in the shadow of the Washington Monument, sitting on blankets and plastic chairs in the balmy summer weather.
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Houston has relented, however, following the council’s ouster of Commissioner Omar Farmer, an outspoken police critic, and a cooling-off of tensions between Houston and Commissioner Ricardo Garcia-Acosta, the current chair of the watchdog body.
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There won't be any ticket limitations per customer, and parking will be free.
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The researchers addressed that limitation by increasing the surface area of the carbon electrode and loading it with vanadium oxide, a material that can store a large amount of energy.
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Learn about new regulations that aim to curb contact with swimmers.
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The Financial Times reported that Google has curbed Meta’s use of its AI models after the Facebook and Instagram parent company wanted to use more computing capacity than Google could provide.
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Micron's quarterly results reinforced expectations that the market for artificial intelligence memory chips remains supply-constrained, a positive signal for fellow memory-chip maker SK Hynix, analysts said.
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As a result, cloud architectures once considered modern are now the operational bottleneck, constraining performance and slowing model training.
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“Rein.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rein. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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