REINING (IN) Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

reining (in)

verb

present participle of rein (in)

as in containing

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) try to rein in your spending, so you have some money left for saving

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Verb

Infected people experience symptoms from two days to two weeks after consuming food or drinking water containing the parasite.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The post-credits scene begins in the mortuary where Will’s funeral was held, when an undertaker and her daughter walk by shelves of urns containing deceased people’s ashes that weren’t picked up by families.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of containing

Verb

Sacramento dominated the game on the stat sheet, controlling 65% of the possession and outpassing Boise by a 2-to-1 margin.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2026
Managing those demands — simplifying decisions, controlling tempo and conserving energy — may be as much a feature of playing in the heat as the physical strain itself.

— Alan McCall, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of controlling

Verb

Alysa Guffey After intense pushback to the first draft of the zoning ordinance, the city's Department of Metropolitan, the city agency charged with regulating land use and zoning in the city limits, tweaked the proposal to tighten some regulations.

— Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026
When temperatures are extremely high, some people’s bodies can have trouble regulating temperature.

— Hali Smith July 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2026

Definition of regulating

Verb

Regents overruled a faculty task force, which had found the tests to be predictive of college success across demographics and recommended keeping them.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The airport recently extended its current lease agreement an extra year, keeping the status quo in place through at least June 30, 2027, while the city hammers out a long-term deal.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

Definition of keeping

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Despite high-profile billionaire departures and complaints about costs, California is pulling in more than $335 billion in venture capital — about ten times New York — fueled by an AI boom.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Roads can be slick too, though, and there will be big tractors and trucks pulling in and out.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

Definition of pulling in

Verb

In California…there has been little success in restraining these abuses over the past decade.

— Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 July 2026
The pilot was then notified and the area surrounding Noble was cleared of passengers so that other flight attendants could assist in restraining him.

— Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

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