reigned (over)

verb

past tense of reign (over)
as in lorded (it over)

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  1. dominated
  2. dictated
  3. oppressed
  4. mastered
  5. managed
  6. regulated
  7. administered
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  • Vucic dominated Serbian politics since becoming president of the Serbian Progressive Party, or SNS, in 2012, then becoming prime minister in 2014, then switching over to president in 2017.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But supporters also warned that a Congress increasingly dominated by the far right and the agribusiness caucus could undermine those efforts to protect the forest and combat climate change.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of dominated
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  • The wave function evolves over time in a way that’s dictated by Schrödinger’s equation, named for Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • El Niño, a shifting climate pattern dictated by ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, influences weather around the world.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of dictated
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  • At the sectarian level, Baptists ridiculed Quakers, Presbyterians oppressed Anabaptists.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Look what women can do when they’re not abused, oppressed, and angry about being abused and oppressed!
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of oppressed
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  • Miller—who is no stranger to extramarital tabloid scandals herself—has also mastered her getting-cheated-on performances.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies says the West Coast city has mastered the art of faster building applications.
    — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of mastered
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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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  • At the federal level, ENDS are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, but states have the authority to restrict their sale in order to protect the health of their citizens.
    — Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The companies are regulated on the federal level by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, which has historically focused on overseeing soybean futures and oil derivatives.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of regulated
Verb
  • The National Association of State Boards of Education also reports that some districts give students seven assessments per grade, with most tests administered one to three times a year.
    — Liza Bondurant, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The group’s advocacy for narcotics was both far-out—the idea that Class As might ever be administered clinically or therapeutically by the NHS was a fringe pursuit—and shockingly comprehensive.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of administered
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