presiding

adjective

Definition of presidingnext
as in chief
highest in rank or authority a senator who is the presiding member of the armed services committee

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presiding
  1. chief
  2. commanding
  3. supreme
  4. foremost
  5. leading
  6. senior
  7. top
  8. principal
Adjective
  • Three days after the Berliners vacated Carnegie, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, another indisputably world-class ensemble, arrived to play two concerts under Klaus Mäkelä, its twenty-eight-year-old chief conductor designate.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In a separate analysis by Joshua Long, chief security analyst at Mac security specialists Intego, users are warned that the same fake meeting software could potentially be used in other scam campaigns and such a variation could target you regardless of your interests.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of chief
Adjective
  • As a result, the Eagles possessed the ball for 12:58 of the 15 minutes in the third to take a commanding lead.
    Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Others won’t want to commit to Microsoft Azure as their cloud platform, despite Microsoft’s commanding lead in generative AI.
    Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of commanding
Adjective
  • Officials were trying to convince the supreme leader to change his mind, according to a second leader who spoke from Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
    Brian Cheng, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Nasrallah spoke Persian, had lived for a time in Iran, and was the only major figure in the region who considered Iran’s supreme leader to be his spiritual guide.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of supreme
Adjective
  • Despite being one of the industry’s foremost data analysts, Larissa Jensen is a storyteller at heart.
    James Manso, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The founder is one of India’s foremost fashion curators who brought Indian fashion together for 30 years.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of foremost
Adjective
  • As technology continues to advance and costs decline, EGS has the potential to play a leading role in the global shift toward sustainable energy, providing solutions that meet both electricity and heating needs while combating climate change.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • His performance in The Inheritance also earned him a Tony Award in 2021 for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play. 04 of 05 Ansu Kabia as the Huntsman Ansu Kabia plays the Huntsman, who is the Evil Queen's servant in the original film.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of leading
Adjective
  • The front-runner in the race for top Republican on the panel appears to be Foxx, the outgoing chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and a senior member of the House Republican conference.
    Emily Brooks, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
  • That could change under Trump, especially if senior officials close to Trump bristle at CISA’s oversight.
    Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of senior
Adjective
  • Included in Linkin Park’s 10 top 10 wins on the Rock & Alternative Airplay list are half a dozen No. 1s.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Israel has killed many of Hezbollah's top leaders and destroyed its headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of top
Adjective
  • Leuthold Group maintains a Major Trend Indicator that combines four principal market drivers.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Chaplin was one of the faces of the promotion celebrations, singing karaoke music legend Ed Sheeran, the club's principal shirt sponsor and minority shareholder.
    Asif Burhan, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of principal
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