preside over
Example Sentences
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O'Neill was back by January, trying to preside over a chaotic transfer window while picking up the pieces of a badly damaged league campaign.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Warsh is set to preside over the Fed’s next policy meeting on June 16–17.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
That’s when Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee, is expected to preside over his first meeting as the new chairman.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
It’s a two-year term to preside over Southern Section Council meetings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The powerlessness of dictionaries to enforce the prescriptivists’ dream of preventing linguistic change does not mean that the dictionaries are doomed to preside over a race to the bottom.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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