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reigning

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verb

present participle of reign

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reigning
Verb
  • The National Assembly lacks a clear governing majority and Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) seems ever closer to finally winning power.
    Cole Stangler, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Purpose trusts have been around for decades as part of the arcane laws governing how estates are managed.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lepkowski described her cousin's ex as possessive, controlling and physically abusive.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In the same way that a sputtering relationship exhibits overbearing and controlling behavior, is this also the hallmark of a gasping empire?
    Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The ruling party won more than twice as many votes as its closest competitor, meaning the government can see through its pro-fossil fuel agenda.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Millennials are currently ruling the tech industry and clinging to their roles as the economy is rocked by uncertainty due to tariffs, inflation increases living expenses, and AI swipes jobs.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, anti-Chinese sentiment has become not merely trendy, but politically regnant.
    Sam Thielman, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Her opponent, nonprofit leader and billionaire's son Josh Kraft, and who's campaigning against what he's characterized as Wu's regnant leadership style.
    Mike Deehan, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • What’s most important is to build the habit of monitoring your spending habits.
    True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Given their constraints, the most plausible near-term roles are simple, repetitive, or hazardous tasks in structured spaces, moving totes, staging parts, and monitoring routine operations, where their slower pace or limited dexterity won’t bottleneck the entire line.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The state’s senior senator, Jack Reed, is 75 and running for reelection next year.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Shaffi, a senior data architect at Amazon Web Services, is widely recognized for designing secure, large scale data infrastructures that power global enterprises.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Frank Sixt, the co-managing director of CK Hutchison, said during the port operator’s earnings call on Thursday that the deal’s size and complexity would prevent it from closing in 2025, even if binding agreements were already agreed upon.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Scharf is co-managing partner of New York law firm Morrison Cohen.
    Y. David Scharf, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Some Senators and state Attorneys General have urged the CFPB to take a stronger supervisory hand with BNPL firms, voicing concerns that vulnerable, low-income consumers were at risk of being targeted.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • For weeks leading up to the election, judges barter for their votes with candidates and make deals for which court system, division and courthouse they will be assigned to, and power players jockey for the supervisory placements, or presiding judge positions, by promising a bloc of loyal votes.
    Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Reigning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reigning. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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