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presided (over)

verb

past tense of preside (over)

as in ruled

to exercise authority or power over from 1923 to 1948 Palestine was presided over by Great Britain under a mandate granted by the League of Nations

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to look after and make decisions about he presides over a vast communications empire

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The court ruled in a 5-to-4 vote that the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress, did not have the legal grounds to bring its lawsuit because the persons in question were not directly harmed by the project.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The firing violated the separation of powers, the Administrative Procedure Act and her 5th Amendment due process and statutory rights, the judge ruled.

— Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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At a news conference Monday, the country’s director of public security, Obeidallah Maaytah, said that law enforcement tracked down the individuals involved in that attack and, after a shootout, managed to arrest them and seize their weapons.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
In contrast, participants who kept training just once or twice a week managed to hold onto a significant portion of their blood pressure reductions.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of managed

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The work of keeping tabs on what's happening has fallen to a number of different countries since Antarctica is not governed by any one government.

— Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Because most employer health plans are governed by federal law, major policy changes to those plans have to run through Congress.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of governed

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The restoration was funded by Frameline and supervised by The Estate of Barbara Hammer and Brydie O’Connor.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2026
The playground is supervised by staff members, called playworkers, who do their best not to interfere but are available in case of emergencies.

— Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

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In tests, algorithms using F³ operated roughly two to five times faster than previous approaches.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
One of the helicopters was operated by Jerry Trimble Helicopters, a helicopter flight training school and rental service for private flights, the company said in a statement.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

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Shortly after the vote, City Councilmember Nithya Raman, Bass’ rival for mayor, appeared with city Controller Kenneth Mejia in front of the downtown DWP building to reiterate her own call for an audit — one conducted by the controller’s office.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Other recent polls conducted by SurveyUSA, TrueDot and ActiVote have found Becerra leads by at least 20 points.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of conducted

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Space companies are regulated primarily by the FCC, which governs technologies used by satellites.

— Max Harden, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Supporters of the bans say such rifles were designed for military use, are too dangerous for civilians and should be regulated like machine guns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of regulated

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Flipping the House, controlled by an even narrower GOP margin, is considered a more realistic outcome.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
Now that the family understands that most of the assets will go to a foundation that will largely be controlled by the grandchildren, everyone involved can begin training the young people for their new roles.

— Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

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