officiating

adjective

Definition of officiatingnext
as in overseeing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for officiating
  1. senior
  2. controlling
  3. ruling
  4. high-level
Adjective
  • Kevin Theriot, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, which represents the plaintiffs, applauded the ruling as a significant step in protecting religious organizations’ autonomy.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Melissa Rudy is senior health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of senior
Adjective
  • Micro-Management in Disguise Narcissistic bosses are often skilled at reframing their most controlling tendencies as virtues.
    Mark Murphy, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In each case, the asset manager got 49% of the joint venture and Intel retained a controlling interest of 51%.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of controlling
Adjective
  • The military appeals court released its ruling Monday night, according to the U.S. official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The Mexican government is desperate to find new revenue sources as the ruling Morena party is running enormous budget deficits.
    Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of ruling
Adjective
  • The industry consortium’s half-day event will feature high-level execs (Amazon’s Krishan Bhatia, Fox Corp.’s Jeff Collins and TelevisaUnivision’s Donna Speciale among them) discussing the challenges and opportunities of streaming.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Paxson also selected three eventual All-Star Rose teammates in center Joakim Noah, small forward Luol Deng, and swingman Jimmy Butler, plus several high-level role players like Taj Gibson, Kirk Hinrich, Nikola Mirotic and Ben Gordon.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of high-level
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