reigning 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of reigningnext
as in overseeing

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reigning

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verb

present participle of reign
as in governing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reigning
  1. governing
  2. controlling
  3. ruling
  4. regnant
  5. senior
  6. high-level
  7. sovereign
  8. main
Verb
  • While anti-Russian sentiment runs high in Georgia, there are fears that the governing Georgian Dream party is eroding the country’s relationship with the West and leaning dangerously toward appeasing Russia.
    Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The traditional economic rules governing other businesses, such as supply and demand, don’t apply either.
    Matteo Atti, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of governing
Adjective
  • Over two years later, in May 2024, Rigby was sentenced to 20 months in prison (suspended for two years) after pleading guilty to coercive and controlling behavior.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The show’s other villains are its husbands and boyfriends, who are either very controlling or just downright shady.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of controlling
Verb
  • Judge Subramanian is also ruling in the Department of Justice antitrust case against Ticketmaster, per Business Insider.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Safeguarding the clean reputation of the financial hub has become a concern for Singapore’s ruling party, led by new premier Lawrence Wong, ahead of an election which must be called by end-2025.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of ruling
Adjective
  • Within many of our most crucial institutions, suppositions that would have been considered the height of lunacy even a few years ago have become regnant overnight.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 27 June 2023
  • This was not always the case in Japan — there have been eight empresses regnant throughout history — but the Imperial Household Law introduced in 1947 restricts the throne to the male line of succession and requires women who marry outside of the family to leave.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
Definition of regnant
Adjective
  • She’s poised to hand an instrument to a senior doctor in the ER.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
  • In the first half, Keith tossed two TDs to senior Elise Kung, including one for 49 yards on a deep throw.
    Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of senior
Adjective
  • The question is whether high-level career officials will follow the best practices of civil-military relations and give their candid advice to Trump and his senior political appointees even when that advice is unwanted.
    Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Senior government officials from these nations are converging for high-level training aimed at securing their borders.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of high-level
Adjective
  • The firm is backed by GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.
    Chris Morris, Fortune Asia, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Since then, Ivanka Trump’s husband and former senior Trump advisor has raised $2 billion from Saudi Arabia’s $925 billion sovereign wealth fund and more than $400 million in investments from wealth funds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of sovereign
Adjective
  • The zinc gradually lost its hold on the cables suspending the telescope’s main platform over the reflector dish.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The measure’s main opponents, the state Republican Party and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, did not appear to raise any money to campaign against the proposition.
    Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of main
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